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THE 
TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSAEY 

OF THE 

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF 
HADDAM, CONNECTICUT 






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THE 

TWO HUNDEEDTH ANNIVERSARY 



OF THE 



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FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 
OF HADDAM, CONNECTICUT 

October 14th and 17th, 1900 

church organized 1696 
pastor installed 1700 




HADDAM 
1902 







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CONTENTS 



PAGE 

Peogram of the Anniversary vii 

Pastors of the Church xiv 

The Anniversart xv 

The Early History 1 

THE pastor. 

Sunday-schools of Haddam 20 

mrs. frank h. arnold. 

The Early Settlers and their Homes 33 

rollin u. tyler. 
Address 53 

rev. WILLIAM A. BRONSON. 

The Day we Celebrate 56 

cephas brainerd. 

Our Daughters: East Haddam, 1704 59 

rev. francis parker. 

Our Daughters: Haddam Neck, 1740 64 

henry m. selden. 

Our Daughters: Higganum, 1844 67 

rev. william j. tate. 

Our Longest Pastorate— That of Eev. Eleazer May ... 69 

kev. theodore t. munger, d.d. 

The Eevival Era 81 

rev. everett e. lewis. 

The Half-century to 1850 96 

rev. amos s. chesebrough, d.d 

The Pastorate of the Kev. James L. Wright 101 

rev. silas w. robbins. 

The Deacons of the Chxxrch 109 

miner c. hazen, m.d. 

The Early Missionaries 119 

rev. david b. hubbard. 
The Homes of the Pastors 128 

eveline warner brainerd. 

Address 137 

edward w. hazen. 



CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Address 140 

rev. "william c. knowles. 
Greeting from The Oldest Churches 145 

REV. AZEL W. HAZEN, D.D. 

Greeting from the Middlesex County Conference . . . 148 

rev. ENOCH F. BURR, D.D. 

Address 151 

james n. wright 
Address 168 

charles mat. 
Letters 

benjamin kelsey 179 

david b. ventres 180 

hon. grover cleveland 184 

rev. henry m. field, d.d 184 

hon. david j. brewer 185 

lady musgrave 185 

rev. william h. gilbert 185 

rev. elisha w. cook 186 

mrs. lucy a. wright 187 

FKOM THE CHUECH EECOEDS. 

Explanatory Note 191 

Historical Catalogue of Members 193 

Index to the Historical Catalogue 238 

Note on Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths 254 

Baptisms 255 

Marriages 301 

Deaths 323 

The Old Meeting House 357 



XT wo IbunbreDtb Hnntversat^ ot 
Zbc JflvQt Congregational Cburcb 

ot IbaD&am Connecticut 

©ctobet I4tb ant) I7tl> 

1700-1900 



" These first settlers of New England were eminently pious men. * * * 
Now, although we have departed from the faith and piety of our ances- 
tors, and we are a crooked and perverse generation, yet since God has so 
highly prospered our nation, is it not a duty incumbent on us to honor 
Him with our substance and with the first fruits of our increase ? » * * 
Come forth, ye friends of virtue and society, and put away all your vices, 
and honor the Lord in all your ways." — [From a sermon prea<ihed by Rev. 
John Marsh on the two hundredth anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims.'i 



<DrDer of Cxcxtists. 



/Dbornlng Service : 

l^istorical "XiiUresiS. 



SUNDAY. 



The Pastob. 



Sun&as*scbooI 1bour : 

Cfte <0ngm ana ^rotntfe of tbc ficftool. 
Mrs. F. H. Arnold. 

Bvening Service : 

(€6e <£artp .Settlers anli ti&eir (^ames. 

Mr. RoLLDf U. Ttlek. 

2Ci)Drtj*s. 

The Rev. Welliam A. Beonson, Pastor of the Baptist Church, 
ix 



WEDNESDAY. 

MORNING, TEN O'CLOCK. 

©r^an iprclu^c. 

"Ipratijc ©o& from TlClbom all .loicjj^iimij flow." 

Scripture XC550n — Uesponsive Selection 2. 

Ipravjcr— 

riio Kov. Wsi. 15. Olakkk, Pastor of the Cliiireh iu Durham. 

1bomn t>32— "Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken." 

JlbC IDavj WiC Celebrate — November Fourteenth, Seventeen 
Hundred. 

Mr. Ckvhas Brainerd. 

TRetH'onaetJ : 

^iir riaushrtriJ, 

lEaat •^.\H^^;^m. i704 — 

riio Kov. FKANCI8 Parker, Pastor. 

f^a^^am flcch, 1740 — 

Oeaooii IlKNRY M. Selden. 
tJiiKianum, IS44 - 

The Rov. W. J. Tate, Pastor. 

Bntbem— "Guide Mo, O Thou Great Jehovah" .... Leslie 

®ur XOlUiei^t lp;lt!«tOrate — That of the Kev. Eleazer May. 

Tlio Kov. T. r. MiNUKR, 1>.P., Pastor Uuitoii Churcb, New Haveu. 

Cbe t>alt Centurv to IS50 : 

Cbo IRcvival Era — 

TUK Pastor. 
IRemiiuflcent paper — 

Tbo Kov. A. S. Cheskbrough, D.D. 

JTbc ipaiUorate of tbe "Kev. James X. TlClrlgbt— 

The Kev. S. W. Kobbins. 
■fcvjmn 033 — "The Chuvoh's One Foundation." 

JBcneMetion. 

LUNCHEON. 
X 



AFTERNOON, TWO O'CLOCK. 

©rgan ipreluDc. 

Ibsmn 749— "Oh, God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand." 

Ipragcr. 

(Blorla ipatrf. 

Zbc Deacons of tbe Cburcb — 

Miner C. Hazkn, M.D. 

Zbc lEarlB /iBlsslonariee — 

Tlie Rev. D. B. Hubbard, Pastor Tliud Church, Middletown. 

Tlbe 1bome6 of tbe ipastors — 

Miss Eveline W. Bkainbkd. 

Bntbeni — "in Heavenly Love Abiding" Thomas 

Mrs. Wallace Porter and Mr. Elwtn T. Clark. 

SDDresses : 

Mr. Edward W. Hazen. 
The Rev. W. C. Knowles, Rector St. James' Church. 

Ibgmn 630— " A Mighty Fortress is Our God." 

Greetings: 

Ube ©l^cst Cburcbea — 

The Rev. A. W. Hazen, D.D., Pastor First Church, Middletown. 

Ube iID(6Mc8er Conference — 

The Rev. E. P. Burr, D.D., Pastor First Church, Lyme. 

Ib^mn 630 — "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord." 

aSeneOlction. 



EVENING, SEVEN O'CLOCK 

/nbusical iprogrammc. 

aODrcsses ; 

Mr. James N. Wright. 
Mr. Charles Mat. 



Cyprian Strong Brainerd, for thirty-three years, from his appoint- 
ment till his death in 1880, a most worthy and devoted deacon of the 
Church, and for many years its enthusiastic and faithful chorister, with 
his beloved wife, Florilla Hull Brainerd, are affectionately and grate- 
fully honored at this time by their son, Cyprian 8. Brainerd, Jr., in a 
memorial gift of an organ, with the desire in this way to promote and 
enrich the worship of the Sanctuary. 

The young men recently associated with us, but now residing in other 
places, helpfully remind the Church on this occasion of their friendly re- 
membrance and abiding interest In its welfare by uniting in the present 
of the revised edition of " In Excelsis," as an appropriate accompaniment 
to the gift of Mr. Brainerd. 



"Sing unto tbe lore, sing praises unto Ibis "fflame." 



OEGAN RECITAL. 

jf irst Congregational Cburcb, 
IbaDDam, Conn. 

Wednesday Evening, October 17, 1900, at 7 o'clock. 



Miss Grace Tucker, Soprano 

Mrs. F. Carroll, Contralto 

Mr. a. B. Payne, Basso 

Miss Gertrude Payne, Organist 

PROGRAMME— Part i. 

/llbarCbC SoIenncUC, Lemaigre 

Miss Payne. 
/IBs IReDecmcr, Dudley Buck 

Miss Tucker. 

Q;beJ8ugler, ........ CiroPinsuu 

Mr. Payne. 

tTbe DeVOtcO Bpple, J- Soeckel 

Mrs. Carroll. 

Communion in 3f, Grism 

Miss Payne. 

'S)\xCt Selected 

Miss Tucker and Mrs. Carroll, 

Part ii. 
©ffcrtoire De St. Cecilia, Batiste 

Miss Payne, 
gtai^g Frances Leoni 

Miss Tucker. 
Storm iminD, CarlEvers 

Mr. Payne. 

^bere'6 a JSeautlful XanD on Ibigb . . a.h. Taylor 

Mrs. Carroll. 

II TRaaiteD tor G;bB Salvation, 

Trio. 

lprocc00ional, ^•^- '^"*^*^* 

Miss Payne, 
xiii 



pastors ot tbe Cburcb. 



"Jeremiah Hobabt, 1700-1715. 15 years. 

*Phineas Fiske, 1714-1738. 24 

Aaron Cleveland, 1739-1746. 7 

Joshua Elderkin, 1749-1753. SJ^ 

*Eleazer May, 1756-1803. 47 

David Dudley Field, D.D., 1804-1818. 14 

John Marsh, D.D., 1818-1834. 16 

Tertius Strong Clarke, D.D., .... 1834-1837. 3 

David Dudley Field, D.D., 1837-1844. 7 

Elisha Woodbridge Cook, 1846-1852. 5% 

* J AMES LOCKWOOD Wright, 1855-1871. 16 

Everett Edward Lewis, 1871- 

* Died in ofiaee. 



acting pastors* 



Jonathan Willoughby, 1666-1667 

Nicholas Noyes, 1668-1682 

John James, 1683-1690 

Jeremiah Hobart, 1691-1700 

Theodore M. Dwight, 1844-1845 

William H. Gilbert, 1845-1846 

Erastus Colton, 1852-1854 



THE ANNIVERSARY 

AT the annual meeting of the church, December 20, 
J\. 1899, the proposal to observe this anniversary re- 
ceived cordial and unanimous approval. Later, commit- 
tees were appointed whose untiring interest guaranteed 
from the first the success of the celebration. To their 
call the response with ser\dce was universal and con- 
stant. Especially gratifying was the helpful interest 
and generous aid volunteered by many of the Higga- 
num people whose church relations from 1696 to 1844 
were identified with the mother organization. 

After much thought it was deemed wise, for the con- 
venience of friends who wished to be present, and also 
for the larger anticipation of pleasanter weather earlier 
in the autumn, to have the exercises in October. The 
week beginning October 14 was chosen, the day of the 
month agreeing with that in November when, in 1700, 
Jeremiah Hobart was installed as the first settled pastor 
of the church. His settlement completed the organiza- 
tion, which now appears, for reasons given in the opening 
address, to have been first formed four years earlier. 
The year 1696 is the date of the earliest entering by the 
church into covenant relations, while November 14, 1700, 
marks the beginning of the regular pastorate. 

Sunday, the fourteenth, and the following Wednesday 
were the great days of the anniversary; the first was 
cloudy with a light rain, but Wednesday was all that 



THE ANNIVERSAEY 

had been hoped for in weather and in attendance. The 
social feature of the day was peculiarly happy and ex- 
hilarating. Especially did the many joyful greetings 
of old friends remind us of the ties that bind the past 
to the present and give inspiration for the future. To 
many the anniversary was a delightful Home Week cele- 
bration. Visitors were taken to places of historic in- 
terest. At the old cemetery the graves of former pas- 
tors and deacons were decorated with flags and flowers. 
The "old pewter," polished anew, which once served 
at the observance of the sacraments, was in its place on 
the communion-table. Particularly did the Gerrard 
Spencer ''flaggon" delight the lovers of the antique. 

The unique feature of the celebration, coming as a 
great and delightful surprise, was the presentation to 
the church by Cyprian S. Brainerd, Jr., of a pipe-organ 
as a memorial of his beloved father and mother, Deacon 
Cyprian Strong Brainerd and his wife Florilla Hull 
Brainerd. Deacon Brainerd died in 1880 at the age of 
seventy-five, greatly respected and beloved, having 
worthily filled the office of deacon since his election in 
1846, and for long years being the enthusiastic and faith- 
ful leader of the praises of the sanctuary. Mrs. Brain- 
erd was the joy of her home and circle, and ardently 
attached to this church. By her will five hundred dol- 
lars were donated to the church to become a part of its 
permanent funds. Five years since, in 1897, at ninety 
years of age, and after sixty-six years of fellowship in 
the earthly communion, she passed to the reunions of 
the heavenly home. 

The church placed upon its records a resolution ex- 
pressing its grateful appreciation of this memorial gift 
by the use of which its worship will be greatly enriched. 



THE ANNIVERSARY 

Mr. Brainerd also arranged for the organ recital whicli 
was a most enjoyable feature of the exercises on Wed- 
nesday evening. 

The welcome service rendered by Mr. Wallace Porter 
at the organ, on Sunday and again on Wednesday, and 
also by Mrs. Porter and Mr. Elwyn T. Clark in the choir, 
was appreciated. The generous gifts from the young 
men of the new hymn-books, "In Excelsis," for the 
church, and from Mr. Cephas Brainerd of the edition 
for the Sunday-school, were a greatly needed provision 
for the services of praise. 

The arrangement of the program divided the history 
of the church into four sections of about half a century 
each. As far as possible, speakers were secured who, 
in some special way, were interested and qualified to 
represent the different periods. The first half-century 
was assigned to the pastor for the opening address on 
Sunday, with particular reference to the origin and early 
growth of the church. For the next period, speakers in 
whose veins runs the May blood were easily found. How 
happily Dr. Munger and Mr. Charles May filled the re- 
quirements of the occasion, who runs may read in these 
pages. The May half-century ended in 1803. The only 
serious disappointment was the inability to find some 
descendant to represent the Field and Marsh period; 
however, a letter from Dr. Henry M. Field was read on 
Sunday evening. Dr. Chesebrough, the nearest neighbor 
of Dr. Field during his second pastorate, also kindly 
furnished a reminiscent paper of peculiar interest. Ad- 
ditionally, and with special reference to the pastorates 
of Drs. Field and Marsh, a paper on the revival era was 
prepared, which for lack of time was not read, yet is 
included in this volume. 



THE ANNIVERSARY 

The last half-century was as fortunate as the second 
in its speakers. It was gratifying to welcome Mr. Rob- 
bins, whose memorial sermon at the death of Rev. James 
L. Wright was printed at the time, to speak again of the 
beloved pastor whose fruitful ministry of sixteen years 
closed suddenly by his entering into rest in 1871. No 
guest or speaker received heartier welcome than Mr. 
Wright, whose reminiscent paper refreshed the mem- 
ories of the living, and records some of the choicest im- 
pressions of his father's ministry. At the opening of 
his address, he read the message, given in this record, 
from his aged mother to the church for this anniversary. 
Coming from the only pastor's wife now living, and 
from one greatly beloved and respected, it touched the 
tenderest emotions of hallowed memories. By her re- 
quest the choir and audience sang, ' ' Love divine, all love 
excelling," using an old and familiar tune. 

Mr. Wright was asked by the chairman, in behalf of 
the church and of all the friends of former years, to bear 
to her the most affectionate greetings of esteem and re- 
membrance. 

Special papers, too, were read relating to the first 
settlers, the deacons, the missionaries, the homes of the 
pastors, and the Sunday-school. The letters from Mr. 
Cook and Mr. Gilbert, both living in their eighties, re- 
minded us that they alone survived the pastors of other 
days. 

The opening address was by Mr. Cephas Brainerd, 
the chairman. He introduced the speakers, and gave 
some account of Hadham of old England, visited during 
the summer. 

Greetings came from Mr. Justice Brewer, whose mo- 
ther was the Emilia Field of the parsonage in 1807; 



THE ANNIVEESAEY 

from Lady Musgrave, whose father, Honorable David 
Dudley Field, was the first-born of a most illustrious 
family; from ex-President Cleveland of the fourth gen- 
eration from our pastor, Aaron Cleveland; from Dr. 
John Fiske, the historian, whose ancestor was a brother 
of Kev. Phineas Fiske, and was the first clerk of the 
Ecclesiastical Society, formed in 1739, and a member 
of this church till he was dismissed to Portland in 
1745. These, and letters from others, deepened our 
interest in the fathers. Particularly entertaining were 
the reminiscences of boyhood's experience written by 
Benjamin Kelsey of Indianapolis and David B. 
Ventres. 

Graceful and generous words of congratulation were 
spoken by the pastors of neighboring churches. 

Two relics of the May pastorate were shown— the May 
Bible and a sermon by Mr. May in two parts, one used 
in the morning and the conclusion in the afternoon, from 
the words, "There is forgiveness with Thee that Thou 
mayest be feared." A few weeks later, the pastor read 
the sermon to an interested audience, thus preaching 
again the gospel of forgiving grace in the very words of 
the address which was first delivered one hundred and 
thirty- four years earlier, in November, 1766, to the great- 
grandfathers from the pulpit of the second meeting- 
house. 

The recollection of the anniversary will linger long 
and cheeringly in the minds of all present, and its in- 
fluence will be the satisfying reward of those who wisely 
and faithfully labored to pay generous tribute of honor 
to the fathers, whose toil and prayer and sacrifice in 
behalf of the church is the priceless legacy of their 
children's children. 



THE ANNIVERSARY 

The last part of this volume gives a full list of the mem- 
bers of the church from the begirming of the records 
in 1756. In its preparation extended researches have 
been made, chiefly by Rollin U. Tyler, the clerk of the 
church, for the purpose of furnishing, as far as possible, 
a complete and trustworthy record. A careful tran- 
script from the record is also added of the baptisms, 
marriages, and deaths till about 1850, after which date 
the town records are complete in these matters. 

It is believed that the increased historical value of the 
book from making these additions justifies the unex- 
pected delay in printing. Its publication is made pos- 
sible by the generous contribution of friends supple- 
menting what has been pledged by subscriptions for the 
volume. 

May, 1902 



THE EARLY HISTORY 

THE PASTOR 

Eemember the days of old, 

Consider the years of many generations.— Moses. 

IN the spirit of reverent thankfulness for the past we 
purpose this present week to recite the story of the 
early struggles and listen to the inspiring messages from 
the annals of this our beloved ancient church. 

Two hundred years since, the fourteenth day of the 
month of November, the Rev. Jeremiah Hobart, accord- 
ing to the testimony of his colleague and successor, Mr. 
Fiske, was installed the first settled pastor of the church. 
This information is preserved in a brief sketch of the ori- 
gin of the church prepared by Mr. Fiske in 1729, and 
sent to Rev. Thomas Prince of Boston for use in prepar- 
ing a history of New England. Other evidence clearly 
indicates that, though Mr. Hobart received a formal call 
from the town August 24, 1691, *'in some hopes to settle 
him as our pastor," and began preaching here late in 
the autumn of that year, it was not till the summer of 
1700 that final action regarding his settlement was taken. 
At a town meeting, held June 5, 1700, the West Side says, 
"we cannot accept of Mr. Hobart as our minister until 
he be settled as pastor by the consent and advice of 
some Reverend Elders that shall be chosen and sent for. ' ' 

The Reverends Thomas Buckingham of the second 
church and Timothy Woodbridge of the first church, 

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HADDAM CHUECH ANNIVERSARY 

Hartford, Noadiah Russell of Middletown, Stephen Mix 
of Wethei-sfield, and Timothy Stevens of Glastonbury 
were nominated, and doubtless became the installing 
council of November 14; "the charges," it is added, 
"of the above settlement to be at the cost of the west 
side town." Mr, Hobart was never the installed pastor 
of the entire town, though the East Side contributed to 
his support till his death. 

The question of "imbodying in church way and order" 
had been under consideration for many years. Many 
votes are on record encouraging Mr. Noyes to settle with 
the people as their pastor. Gerrard Spencer, in his will, 
dated September, 1683, when probably Mr. James was 
occupying the pulpit, says, "A pewter flaggon and a 
rim bason I give unto ye church att Haddam if there be 
one within five years after ye date hereoff." More than 
twice five years passed before a church could claim this 
gift of love. Trustworthy tradition, however, affirms 
that the heirs respected the wish of the donor, and that, 
after the formation of the church, the "flaggon and a 
rim bason ' ' were the first of such gifts to be used in the 
administration of the ordinances. The "flaggon" is still 
preserved, and is our oldest relic of the past. 

The exact date, however, of the organization of the 
church is not known. Mr. Fiske, who, without question, 
was well acquainted with the facts, expressly says in the 
letter referred to : " The church was first gathered No- 
vember 14, 1700 ; the number of males fourteen. ' ' 

Trumbull, in his History of Connecticut, also marks 
this church as known to have been gathered at the date 
named, and states that "as far as can be found the 
forming of churches was universally on the day of 
ordination." Naturally, and therefore ordinarily, this 

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THE EARLY HISTORY 

would have been the usual method of procedure: the 
church, professing "the faith and order of the gospel," 
would enter into covenant, officers would be chosen, and 
a pastor settled on one and the same occasion, this being 
done with the approbation and assistance of a council 
called for the purpose. 

In the historical sketch of the church, printed in 1879, 
these reasons were accepted as conclusive, and the ar- 
rangements for this celebration were based on that de- 
cision. What is here presented in revision of the accep- 
tance of Mr. Fiske's opinion, and in favor of dating the 
origin of the church at least four years earlier, is the 
result of considerable further investigation,^ since the 
anniversary, as to the theory and practice of the fathers 
in the gathering of churches ; and also of finding, in old 
records, and especially among the baptisms in the records 
of the First Church at Middletown, unmistakable ref- 
erences to a church as in existence earlier than No- 
vember 14, 1700. 

The most probable explanation of the variation as to 
dates seems to be that two views were current at the 
time of Mr. Hobart's settlement: the first, represented 
by Mr. Fiske's statement, that a church was not organ- 
ized, or at least not fully, so as to give date to its origin, 
till its officers were chosen and a pastor installed; the 
other, that the vital constituting act was the entering by 
the proposed members into covenant, which might take 
place months and even years, as seems now to be true 
of this church, in advance of the settlement of a pastor. 

J Special acknowledgment of help is tive ; and also to Mr. Rollin U. Tyler, 
due to Professor WiUiston Walker, now the church clerk, for his careful ex- 
(1903) of Yale University, whose expert aminatiou of many old documents and 
acquaintance with early New England copying of the records of baptisms from 
ecclesiastical history renders his aid in- Haddam at Middletown, prior to the set- 
valuable, for many helpful suggestions, tlement of Mr. Hobart. 
of which free use is made in this narra- 



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In the latter case, the origin of the church would date 
from its entering into covenant rather than from the 
time of its being fully officered; though its organization 
would be incomplete, and, as the 1698 committee of 
arbitration lamented had been the case here, the church 
would be "prevented from enjoying God in all his or- 
dinances ' ' till a pastor was inducted into office. 

Early Congregational thought and usage as to the 
central, vitalizing act in the forming of a church is 
clearly stated. The Cambridge Platform carefully dis- 
tinguishes between the essential act in the gathering 
of a church and the subsequent appointment of its 
officers by saying, **A church being a company of peo- 
ple combined together by covenant for the worship of 
God, it appears thereby that there may be the essence 
and being of a church without any officer." Thomas 
Hooker, the first pastor at Hartford, whose successor, 
Timothy Woodbridge, was present at the installation 
of Mr. Hobart, and most probably when the church was 
organized, affirms that ' ' mutual covenanting and confed- 
erating of the saints is that which gives constitution and 
being to the visible church." John Davenport, the 
leader of the New Haven colony, also teaches that * ' That 
whereby the church is as a city compacted together is 
the covenant. ' ' The application of this principle in giv- 
ing existence to the visible church appears in the record 
of the gathering of the church at Middletown, which 
begins with the words, "The profession of the faith and 
order of the gospel by those that first entered into cove- 
nant." Modern thought also agrees with this early and 
clear consensus of opinion as to the supreme place of the 
covenant in giving organized existence to a church. The 
first gathering, therefore, should date from the time of 

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entering into covenant, even if a pastor's induction into 
office is delayed. 

Was the officering of a church invariably synchronous 
with its gathering; or, for sufficient reasons and by 
the intervention of serious difficulties, were exceptions 
to the prevailing custom occasionally recognized and 
allowed ? Trumbull knew of no variation from the rule. 
Professor Walker, however, cites two instances, with 
possibly a third, in which the officering of a church oc- 
curred later than the entering into covenant, the churches 
first gathered at Boston and Hartford, and, for the third, 
at Salem, Massachusetts. 

Mr. Hobart became the settled pastor of this church 
in 1700. April 22, 1695, nearly four years later than 
he received his call to settle and evidently after pro- 
longed discussion of existing difficulties, the town votes 
that they do not "esteem and account themselves under 
his charge as their pastor," but at the same meeting it 
"was voted with the consent of the General Court and 
the approbation of neighboring churches to imbody in 
church way and order." The colonial records of May 
say, "This Court upon the motion of the deputies of 
Haddam do countenance and encourage the good people 
of Haddam to imbody themselves in church estate, pro- 
vided they attend that good work according to law and 
with the consent of neighboring churches." Further 
action looking to the immediate gathering of the church 
is taken August 19, by two votes of the town. The first 
gives Mr. Hobart full possession and title to the house 
which, in accordance with the agreement of 1691, had 
been built for him and he was occupying at the time. 
The other vote declares "that those persons that made 
presintment of entering into church way, and as many 

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more as will join with them, have full consent to go on in 
that work." At this last date the probability is strong 
that a movement under such headway, already too long 
delayed, would be pressed as early as possible to some 
definite issue, even in the face of serious hindrances. 
Especially is it noteworthy that after this the town 
records are wholly silent as to any further effort to 
imbody in church estate; while June 5, 1700, when the 
members of the installing council were chosen, the 
primary question, were a church not in existence, would 
have related to its formation. 

Three incidental references among the ecclesiastical 
papers on file at the State library witness, also, to the 
gathering of a church earlier than the installation of 
1700. A committee from the General Court, appointed 
at the request of both parties, had endeavored to secure 
a reconciliation between Mr. Hobart and the people. 
Their advice, dated at Haddam, November 25, 1698, 
closes with the hope that "a mutual endeavor to walk 
in love may happily issue in the cordial and unanimous 
desire of the church to call Mr, Hobart to the full exe- 
cution of the office of a pastor among them," The com- 
mittee understands that the town has a church. Still 
more positive are two allusions to a church in the petition 
of George Gates and others, who, far from being satisfied 
with the advice of 1698, ask the court the following May 
for a differently constituted committee on the ground 
that, **as the honorable committee (1698) was then in- 
formed, there never was by the church or major part of 
the inhabitants "— church and inhabitants being care- 
fully distinguished— ''intended any such reconciliation 
as to accept of Mr, Hobart as our pastor for divers rea- 
sons which then did and stiU do seem to us weighty, 

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Resolved to desire the help of the Reverend Elders 
concerned in our first imhodying in conjunction with 
the Reverend Elders appointed as a part of the honorable 
conunittee, and to submit our thoughts to their judg- 
ment." The allusion to the first imbodying is in itself 
conclusive that the people believed a church had been 
regularly organized at an earlier date, though there is 
no indication whatever as to the time when it was done. 

There are, in the Middletown records, twenty-three 
entries of baptisms of persons from Haddam for the 
years 1691 to 1700, that is, from the coming of Mr. Ho- 
bart to his installation. 

The first distinct reference to a church is found under 
date of January 17, 1696 or 1697, new style, when "John 
Ventres, a member of ye church of Christ in Haddam, 
by virtue of communion of churches was baptized ac- 
cording to ye advice of ye elders and messengers yt 
were present at ye gathering of ye church ye being no 
officer to yt church." Later in the year, July 25, 
"Joseph Gates, a member in full communion with ye 
church at Haddam, ' ' had two children baptized. * * June 
9, 1700, Daniel Braynard in full communion with ye 
church of Christ at Haddam had his son Stephen bap- 
tized by communion of churches." These three bap- 
tisms, two of children and one of an adult, are the only 
instances in which the parties interested are stated to be 
in any way connected with a church at Haddam. In 
the other cases, the parents of the children baptized 
either own the covenant, under the ' ' half way covenant ' ' 
plan of allowing baptized persons of orthodox belief and 
moral life to have, on their public acceptance of the 
covenant, their children baptized, or their relation to 
other churches is definitely implied, and usually it is 

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stated. Daniel Brainerd owned the covenant at the 
baptism of two children in 1691, and in June, 1696, his 
daughter Hannah is baptized, probably by virtue of his 
previous owning of the covenant, but without any state- 
ment to that effect. 

The inference from these records is imperative that 
by some well-known action, and with the approbation 
of other churches, Haddam was known to have a church 
earlier than and probably but a few months before the 
Ventres baptism. The pastor of the Middletown church, 
Mr. Russell, was, as we have noted, a member of the 
council of installation, and probably, if not certainly, 
he was present when the church was organized. His 
testimony, therefore, in these carefully worded records, 
regarding a church here, in the essential feature that 
gives "constitution and being" to a church, represents 
his own and also the opinion of the elders and messen- 
gers taking part in the council of formation. 

Further, the record indicates that conservative usage 
at least followed the early New England conception that 
baptism was to be administered only by an officer of the 
church in which the rite was performed. Accordingly, 
Mr. Hobart, though previously a pastor in other 
churches, and acting as the minister of this church, 
would be ujiable to administer the ordinances. It is 
possible, however, inasmuch as a freer practice as to 
baptism was beginning to prevail, that Mr. Hobart may 
have performed the rite among a portion of his people. 
Otherwise it is difficult to explain why only a small 
minority of the twenty-three baptisms at Middletown 
are from the west side, where the number of families 
largely exceeded those east of the river. 

As to the precise year of the organization between 

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THE EARLY HISTOEY 

August, 1695, and January, 1697, the evidence seems to 
favor the latter part of 1696, But for the persistent 
hindrances that barred progress, notably those which 
forbade the settlement of Mr. Hobart when at last the 
church entered into covenant relations, the action of the 
town from April to August, 1695, would indicate that the 
imbod5dng occurred before the end of that year. There 
is no reference, however, to a church among the Middle- 
town baptisms during 1695 and 1696, and in one in- 
stance, that of Daniel Brainerd referred to above, this 
omission may suggest, without proving, that it was not 
formed as late as June, 1696. On the other hand, while 
it is possible that the council was convened between the 
first and the seventeenth of January, 1697, it seems far 
more likely that its meeting occurred before the close of 
the previous year. This decision also agrees with Dr. 
Field's opinion, who, though quoting from the Prince 
Letters in another connection, makes no reference to 
Mr. Fiske's testimony, an omission as inexplicable, under 
the circumstances, as, in the light of what is here recited, 
is the statement that the church was first gathered at 
the settlement of Mr. Hobart. 

The more probable inferences, therefore, unite in mak- 
ing 1696, without giving month or day, the memorable 
year in which this church, resolute in faith and courage, 
coming to its high privilege through long years of dis- 
appointing efforts, and not even then extricated from its 
perplexities in choosing a pastor, first entered, by mu- 
tual covenanting, with the approval of other churches, 
into the Congregational fellowship; and November 14, 
1700, marks the completion of its organization and the 
beginning of its settled pastorates. The date 1696 makes 
this church the thirty-first in the colony. 

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HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Of the eventful years that, from the settlenient of the 
town, preceded the imbodying in church estate, only a 
brief account can be given. 

The earliest settlers came from the vicinity of Hart- 
ford in 1662, the very year that John Winthrop procured 
from Charles II the famous royal charter, with its ex- 
tremely liberal provisions, under which New Haven was 
incorporated with Connecticut only three years later. 
Charles and his successor, James, however, made a de- 
termined effort to rob all the colonies of their charters 
and establish the supremacy of the crown. Andros was 
sent over as governor, and instituted drastic measures 
to reduce the colonies to subjection. Permanent relief, 
however, from the threatened calamity came unex- 
pectedly by the accession, in 1688, of "William and Mary. 
Connecticut, in common with the other colonies, received 
the news with great rejoicings and immediately rein- 
stated the charter government. "Again," says Palfrey, 
''Englishmen were free and self -governed in the settle- 
ments of New England." The door was wide open for 
the sure unfoldings, civil and religious, of the principles 
preached by John Robinson, and transferred in 1636 
by Thomas Hooker across the wilderness from Massa- 
chusetts to the fruitful valley of the Connecticut. 

These political agitations and changes, even if they did 
not seriously disturb our Haddam ancestry during those 
first twenty-five years of resolute endeavor to establish 
homes for their families at Thirty Mile Island, were at 
least the victorious pledge to them of their complete 
success. 

It was during this period that the first meeting-house 
was built, located at the front of the minister's lot in 
the Little Meadow, "its dimensions being twenty-eight 

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THE EAELY HISTORY 

by twenty-four feet with eight places for windows, ' ' but 
no windows for a few years, and used for worship, in an 
unfinished state, as early, probably, as 1674. 

The names of three ministers are found in the town 
records. Jonathan Willoughby, son of Francis, deputy 
governor of Massachusetts from 1665 to 1667, preached 
first at Wethersfield from 1664 to May, 1666, when, with 
his wife and two children, he came to Haddam for a 
brief service of about a year. The people gave him 
land and began to build him a house. He seems to have 
been of a roving disposition, and not very efficient in the 
management of his financial affairs. His father's will, 
written four years after Jonathan left Haddam, states 
that he had already spent thrice his rightful inheritance, 
and is for that and other sufficient reasons debarred 
from receiving any further assistance. The town, also, 
had occasion to reserve a part of the money due him 
to pay certain of his debts, and was not disposed to make 
arrangements for his permanent settlement. 

Nicholas Noyes, a graduate of Harvard in 1667,— three 
of the Hobarts, brothers of our Jeremiah, belonging to 
the same class, — was the second minister and the first to 
gain any permanent hold upon the people. Probably he 
came to Haddam the year of his graduation, for, Febru- 
ary, 1669, the year after the town was incorporated, tak- 
ing its name from Hadham of the mother-land, the town 
offered him a salary of forty pounds and the use of the 
minister's lot. The same year, he was made a freeman. 
The house begun for Mr, Willoughby, shingled and clap- 
boarded for the use of the town and undoubtedly used 
for the few years before the meeting-house was erected 
as the place of worship, including the lot on which it 
stood, was offered to him on condition that he accepted 

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their proposals to settle as their pastor. As late as 1681, 
the town emphasized its desire to have him remain by 
adding to his salary and promising, " If he stand in need 
of more maintenance we shall be willing to do our ut- 
most, if it shall please God in his good providence to 
enable us to give it to him." 

No satisfactory explanation is found for his persistent 
refusal to become the ordained pastor of a church which 
naturally and urgently should have been gathered the 
very year he came as a candidate. His action cost the 
people thirty-one years of deprivation of the full priv- 
ileges of the gospel. He removed to Salem, Massachu- 
setts, where he became influential and, unfortunately, 
one of the most unrelenting persecutors of those ac- 
cused of witchcraft. He was never married, and died at 
seventy in 1717. His temperament was sanguine, his 
scholarship abreast of his times, and his reputation most 
worthy. 

Daniel Brainerd and George Gates were sent to New 
London early in 1683, to engage Mr. John James to 
take the place vacated by Mr. Noyes. When he came 
or how long he stayed is not known. The house, orchard, 
and pasture which belonged to Mr. Noyes were rented 
to him for a year free of charge. But as early as 1691 
the town votes to encourage a minister to settle with 
them by offering "fifty pounds in provision pay by the 
year." Mr. James may have stayed till 1690. Three 
years later, he appears in Derby, where he was settled 
and remained till his resignation, on account of increas- 
ing disability, in 1706, was accepted with reluctance and 
a generous vote of appreciation of his faithful services. 
He was the first teacher of a public school in Derby, and 
for several years its town clerk. He removed to Wethers- 

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THE EARLY HISTORY 

field, where he died August 9, 1729, at the age of sev- 
enty-two. 

The story of Mr. Hobart's long probation prior to his 
settlement in 1700 has already been told. From one 
point of view the date seems far away. Volumes of 
human history are crowded into two full centuries. Yet 
at that date our King James version of the Bible had 
been in use eighty-nine years. Shakspere had been read 
for fully as long a period. Milton's "Paradise Lost" 
was fast becoming an old book. But even more vividly 
is the time caused to seem short when we recall that 
Miss Larissa Shailer, the venerable and greatly esteemed 
mother in Israel, who joined the church in 1824, under 
the ministry of Dr. Marsh, and as a child probably 
saw Mr. May and has known and cheered all the pastors 
for a full century, is still with us and deeply interested 
in this anniversary. 

The answers to some inquiries from England in 1680 
are full of interest as to the state of affairs, civil and 
religious, during these formative years of our history. 
"Our people in this colony," says the report, "are, 
some strict Congregational men, others more large Con- 
gregational men, and some moderate Presbyterians ; and 
take the Congregational men of both sorts, they are the 
greatest part of the people of the colony. There are 
four or five Seven- day men in our colony, and about 
as many more Quakers." The reply to the twenty-sev- 
enth and last question indicates how closely the civil 
government watched over the religious interests of the 
people: "Great care is taken for the instruction of 
the people in the Christian religion, by ministers cate- 
chising of them and preaching to them twice every Sab- 
bath day, and sometimes on Lecture days; and so by 

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masters of families instructing and catechising their 
children and servants, being so required to do by law." 
Nor can we fail to observe that the emphasis of pas- 
toral obligation rested on religious teacliing and train- 
ing. The fathers enthroned religion in the family, the 
town, and the state. ' ' In our corporation are twenty-six 
towns and there are one and twenty churches in them." 

Passing to the first half-century of the settled pas- 
torates, a natural division occurs at the coming of Mr. 
May in 1756. The successors of Mr. Hobart are Phineas 
Fiske, Aaron Cleveland, and Joshua Elderkin, each of 
whom in his own way, but notably Mr. Fiske, will wor- 
thily maintain the reputation of the New England 
churches for having "a scholar for their minister in 
every town and village." The day of small beginnings 
and of almost doubtful struggle for existence yields to 
that of steady and prosperous growth. 

Mr. Fiske received a call to the pastorate November 
15, 1712, but was not settled as Mr. Hobart 's colleague 
till January 27, 1714. Not since the period of Mr. 
Noyes's service had the people manifested so much en- 
thusiasm in securing a pastor. A movement to provide 
seats in the galleries is at once started, and more fre- 
quently than before do we find votes directing that the 
drum shall be sounded every Sabbath day, and appoint- 
ing a committee to seat the meeting-house. 

Mr. Fiske was a man of solid worth. His fat! ' r. 
Dr. John Fiske, married Hannah Baldwin of Milford, 
and later became a resident of the place. Phineas was 
born there, December 2, 1682; and largely through the 
influence of his pastor, Samuel Andrews, a warm friend 
of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, became '^rst a stu- 
dent in the class of 1704, and two years after graduation 

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THE EARLY HISTOEY 

returned to serve as tutor till he came to Haddam. He 
may have studied medicine under his father's super- 
vision. 

Dr. Field tells us that his talents were solid rather 
than brilliant. It was just this quality of strength that 
the church needed. The tutor who had trained students 
in logic, metaphysics, and ethics with enviable success 
would not fail as the teacher of the church to lay broad 
and deep the foundations of its growth and stability. 
He had in his parish such men as Hezekiah Brainerd, 
the father of the widely known and honored mission- 
aries, David and John, who was himself a man of re- 
pute and influence in the colony. For ten years he 
represented the town in the General Court, was Speaker 
of the House, and for the four years preceding his death 
was a member of the Council. His death at the early age 
of forty-six was a serious loss to the town and to the 
colony. His wife was Dorothy, the daughter of Mr. 
Hobart. Their first child was the Deacon Hezekiah 
Brainerd of our records, who married Mary, daughter 
of E.ev. Mr. Fiske, and was a man of much influence in 
the church and town. The third child, Nehemiah, also 
married into the Fiske family, but after a brief pas- 
torate at Eastbury he died and his widow returned to 
Haddam. Their only child, a graduate of Yale Univer- 
sity in 1763, was the tenth deacon of the church. 

■"he most prominent external sign of prosperity dur- 
ing the quarter of a century closing with Mr. Fiske 's 
death was the erection of the second meeting-house, 
located near the old cemetery, and having a seating 
capacity twice that of the old house. At first "com- 
fortable se'^ts" were ordered for the first floor only, and 
all were to oe pews. The congregation grew, and pews 

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in the great alley and galleries were added. Quietly 
these years of slow growth passed away. The loss of 
Mr. Fiske's records forbids any careful study of the 
work he accomplished. But the few suggestions from 
the traditions connected with his pastorate, and the 
steady growth in material things, fully assure us that he 
was a thoughtful and effective preacher, a friendly and 
helpful pastor, strong and wise in the administration 
of the affairs of the church, and emphatically loyal to 
his calling. As a medical adviser, his skill in the treat- 
ment of insanity and epilepsy is specially mentioned. 
His grave, with those of the other pastors buried in yon- 
der cemetery, may well be visited this anniversary week 
and decorated with flags and flowers in silent and grate- 
ful tribute of respect to the men whose religious influence 
was so impressive during the first century of our settled 
pastorates. 

This address, as most fitting to the opening service 
of our anniversary, and in accordance with the plan for 
these exercises, has dwelt at length on the earliest years 
of our history. The era of beginnings is absorbingly 
attractive. A few words only are added regarding the 
three remaining pastorates of the first century. The 
two following Mr. Fiske's were short. 

Aaron Cleveland was ordained the third settled pas- 
tor of the church July 5, 1739. He remained seven 
years, when, on account of serious financial difficulties 
caused by the influence of the war upon the currency, 
he resigned his office, much to the regret of a large part 
of the parish. Eight years later than his dismission in 
1746, he was again invited, though declining the offer, 
to accept the pastorate. After leaving Haddam he en- 
tered the English church, and, having received ordina- 

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THE EARLY HISTORY 

tion in London from Bishop Sherlock, returned to this 
country as a missionary of the Society for the Propaga- 
tion of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, He died, "greatly 
lamented by all who knew him," August 11, 1757. 

His successor, Joshua Elderkin, served the church 
but four years, being constrained by failing health to 
give up preaching. At Windham, whither he removed 
after his dismission, April 18, 1753, he became promi- 
nent, and in the Revolution "took an active and honor- 
able part in the movement, sacrificing loyally of his re- 
sources in the public cause." With the coming of Mr. 
May, at the opening of the second half-century, our 
church records begin. Declining a call from Coventry in 
the latter part of 1754, he received in February of 1756, 
on the recommendation of the Hartford South Associa- 
tion, an invitation from this church to preach as a can- 
didate for settlement. In May proposals were made for 
his acceptance of the pastorate on the basis of £160 set- 
tlement and £70 annual salary, which later, at his re- 
quest, was increased with the limitations that the salary 
should never fall below £70 or exceed £100. Mr, May's 
records are highly prized not only as being the first that 
are preserved, but also for their detailed account of his 
official actions. They open with an account of the or- 
dination services, June 30, 1756, and a list of the mem- 
bership of the church. Just one hundred names are 
enrolled and three are added before the year closes. 
Rebecca Selden Wells, widow of James, the son of James 
of the first settlement in 1662, stands first on the list, 
being at that time seventy-seven years of age, and dying 
eight years later. Other names of special interest are 
Lydia Pratt Fiske, widow of the second pastor, and his 
daughter, Elizabeth, the widow of Rev. Nehemiah Brain- 
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erd, also her sister Mary, the wife of Hezekiah Brainerd, 
who, in 1764, became a deacon in the church; Sarah 
Brainerd, the widow of James, the fourth in the list of 
deacons; Thomas Brooks and Elisha Cone, whom Dr. 
Field marks as known to have been ordained as deacons, 
and both serving from 1742, the latter for sixty-seven 
years, till his death in 1809 at the advanced age of nine- 
ty-nine ; Elijah Brainerd and Joseph Smith, who became 
deacons, the first in 1759, and the second in 1771 ; Dr. 
Hopestill Crittenden, and others not as easily identified. 
These and their associates welcomed the youthful pastor, 
then in his twenty-fourth year, to a long and useful 
ministry. The population of the town steadily increased 
from twelve hundred and forty-one in 1756 till at Mr. 
May's death it had reached twenty-three hundred. The 
erection of our third house of worship occurred under 
Mr. May's pastorate. The attention of the people im- 
mediately following its dedication in 1771 was directed 
to the struggle for independence, in which the town 
shared with commendable devotion. 

By a fearless and faithful ministry, Mr. May was 
making large preparation for the deeper religious awak- 
ening that was already, as his ministry drew to its close, 
beginning to be felt in parts of New England; but for 
the full influence of which this church will wait till the 
opening of the new century and the coming of young 
men to make the new brighter than the old. 

As we close, anticipating the larger gathering on "Wed- 
nesday, our thoughts turn again with grateful emotion 
to the fathers. They are not here. They toiled and 
prayed and preached. They made our history fragrant 
with the breath of spring and joyous with autumn's 
harvests. But the past of the church is the prophecy 

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of its future. We recite the story of the church mili- 
tant, and the centuries already passed bid us look for- 
ward with exultant confidence and say, with the twelve 
hundred saints of our enrolment already gathered in,— 

Come, thou Church Triumphant, come, 
Raise the song of Harvest-home! 
All are safely gathered in. 
Free from sorrow, free from sin; 
Come to God's own temple, come; 
Raise the song of Harvest-home. 



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SUNDAY-SCHOOLS OF HADDAM 

Mrs. frank H. ARNOLD 

THE first Sunday-school of which we have any record 
was held over two thousand years ago, in the streets 
of Jerusalem ; and though it lasted from daybreak until 
the noontide, the pupils were so interested that they 
gathered together the second day, and the third, and for 
seven days, "and there was great gladness." 

The superintendent was one Ezra, with a corps of 
teachers whose names I will not attempt to pronounce. 
In at least four respects this Sabbath-school was a model 
for all to come: in attendance— "all the people gath- 
ered as one man," in attention— "the ears of all the 
people were attentive unto the book of the law," in 
reverence — "when he opened the book all the people 
stood up," and in efficient teaching— "they read in the 
book of the law of God distinctly and gave the sense, and 
caused them to understand the reading." 

The present system of Sabbath-schools probably origi- 
nated with Robert Raikes in Gloucester, England, one 
hundred years later than the organization of the Had- 
dam church. Although since the sixteenth century 
children have been gathered together for religious in- 
struction on the Sabbath, and in the summer of 1781, 
the same year which marked the beginning of the Glou- 
cester Sunday-school, some of the fathers of the church 
in "Washington, this State, gathered the children around 

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them, iinder the trees, during the intermission, and 
taught them in the Bible and catechism. 

The Sunday-school organized by Mr, Eaikes differed 
greatly from those of the present day. Business leading 
him into the suburbs of the town inhabited by the lowest 
class of the people, he was struck with concern at seeing a 
group of ragged children at play. He was informed that 
"on Sunday the street was filled with a multitude of 
wretches, who, having no employment on that day, 
spent their time in noise and riot, playing at chuck, and 
cursing and swearing." To check this deplorable pro- 
fanation of the Lord's Day, he engaged four women 
to instruct as many children as he should send them 
on the Sabbath, in reading and the church catechism. 
In a short time a visible improvement was effected both 
in the manners and morals of the children, who attended 
in considerable numbers. 

Ten years later Sunday-schools were established in 
Philadelphia, and the system soon extended to New York 
and the New England States. At first those who taught 
were hired to do the work, and the common rudiments 
of learning were taught as well as Scripture texts and 
the catechism. 

A picture of the earliest Sunday-school in Haddam 
is given in Rev. E. E. Lewis's historical sketch of the 
church. 

It was opened the second Sabbath in May, 1819, dur- 
ing Dr. Marsh's ministry, and continued until the close 
of August. It was discontinued during the winter 
months, as there was no provision for warming the meet- 
ing-house; each family had an old-fashioned foot-stove, 
which was supplied with coals from the home hearth in 
the morning, and supplemented at noon from some neigh- 

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boring house, or at the "Sabbath Day House," a small 
house near the church, where the people gathered after 
morning service for warmth and social intercourse. 

The Sunday-school numbered at that time sixty boys 
and one hundred girls between the ages of seven and 
sixteen. They were separated into classes of five, each 
of which, with its teacher, was located in a pew in the 
meeting-house. The school opened at 12 :30 by a hymn 
sung by the teachers, entitled "The Teacher's Prayer"; 
the superintendent, accompanied by the scholars, then 
offered the Lord 's Prayer ; after this the teachers devoted 
themselves to their classes for fifty minutes, hearing the 
children recite the lessons they had learned, and convers- 
ing with them. 

The children then advanced into the aisle and sang 
to the tune of "Bath" this hymn : 

Oh, what a privilege is this 

That we obtain so rich a grace! 

We 're taught the path to endless day, 

We 're taught to read, to sing, and pray! 

They then went in regular procession out of the house for 
some relaxation before the afternoon services. 

During the preaching, the children sat together in the 
gallery, with a male and a female teacher with them to 
watch over them and mark such as behaved disorderly. 
Good-behavior tickets were given to all who had not for- 
feited them by bad conduct, and at the end of each 
month the tickets were redeemed by small religious 
books. 

During the four months of this first summer there 
were recited by each scholar an average of over three 

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hundred and fifty verses of the Bible, over one hundred 
and twenty hymns, and three hundred and sixty an- 
swers to the catechism. Can the children of 1900 surpass 
that record ! 

Deacon Jonathan Huntington was the first superin- 
tendent of the school. 

In a letter written in 1862 to Kev. Charles Nichols, 
pastor of the Higganum church, Dr. Marsh speaks of 
the pleasure it gives liim that "you hold in recollection 
the old minister who forty-three years ago gathered 
around him, with great delight, the boys and girls of 
Haddam, to teach them the ways of Zion, then a more 
beautiful sight than the most beautiful flower-garden." 

Some of the scholars [he continues] would learn so many verses 
that the teachers would not have time to hear them all. The sum- 
mer was very happy with the teachers and the scholars, and for 
several summers the school was very prosperous. About two or 
three years after, it was blessed with a powerful revival of religion, 
and several of the children were hopefully converted. And to 
that school we might well look for the stability of the young peo- 
ple of Haddam, and much of the strength of the church, of 
which a good proportion of the school became members. 

Tell the teachers and scholars to be faithful, to remember that 
life is short, and a glorious crown is for those who overcome. 

Here is the program which was probably used during 
the first summer: 

EULES AND EeGULATIONS 
FOR THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL ESTABLISHED IN HADDAM 

1. The children are to attend meeting every Sabbath morning, 
with hair combed, hands, face, and clothes clean, and sit together. 

2. To be at the School Eoom at half past 12 o 'clock. 

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3. To take their seats immediately on entering the School. 

4. To say, together, the Lord's Prayer, after the superintendent. 

5. To have some lesson learnt, to say to their Teachers, and 
to say it in a low voice. 

6. To behave weU in School, and neither laugh nor whisper. 

7. To be grateful and attentive to their Teachers. 

8. To love one another, and avoid contention and quarrelling. 

9. Never to swear, or tell a lie, or call names. 

10. To go to meeting in the afternoon in procession, and be- 
have with solemnity. 

Punctuality, Good Behavior, and Proficiency in learning, will 
be rewarded by Tickets and Premiums. 

Good reasons must be given for absence from School. 

Then follow four stanzas of a hymn to be learnt by 
all the Children, and sung each Sabbath, in Bath. 

The following resolutions were adopted at a Church 
meeting held on May 5, 1822 : 

I. The male members of this Church shall constitute a Sabbath 
School Society. 

II. The object of this Society shall be to encourage an atten- 
dance on the Sabbath School and promote its interest. 

III. Every member of this Society shall pledge himself to send 
punctually, as far as convenient, his children to the Sabbath 
School, and other children committed to his care, and shall en- 
courage other parents to do the same. 

IV. This Society shall appoint a Committee, annually, of one, 
at least, in every school district, whose business it shall be to 
visit all the families in such district, and to take the names of the 
Parents, and the children between the ages of seven and sixteen, 
and the ages of the children, and transmit them to the Pastor 
of the Church in three weeks from their appointment, and who 
shall induce and encourage, by conversation from time to time 
with the parents and children, the attendance of the children on 
the Sabbath School. 

V. As rewards are absolutely necessary for the encouragement 
of children, every member shall pay annually ten cents for the 

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purchase of them, which sum shall be collected hj the Deacons 
at the Communion in July and expended according to the direc- 
tion of the Pastor or Deacons. 

Brethren Fiske Brainerd, Simon Hazelton, Comfort Cone, James 
Gladwin, Selden Huntington, Eliot Brainerd, Joseph Scovil, Mar- 
quis D. Thomas, Thomas C. Smith, Stephen Tibbals, Archelaus 
Tyler, Daniel C. Dickinson, Henry Smith, Selden Tyler, Edward 
Kutty, were appointed a committee for this year. 

Attest, John Marsh, 

Pastor. 

It seems strange to think of the Sunday-school as a 
modern institution, but this is impressed upon us by 
the fact that there are now living three members of that 
first Sunday-school in Haddam: Miss Larissa Shailer 
of Tylerville, born in 1800 ; the Rev. Daniel Clark Tyler 
(son of Moses Tyler) of Oneida, N. Y., born in 1808, who 
supplied the pulpit of this ehiirch for a short time in 
1844; and Nathan T. Dickinson of Burlington, Perm., 
who was born in 1805. No doubt you will be glad to hear 
what Mr. Dickinson— now a veteran of ninety-five— has 
to say of the first Sunday-school. He writes : 

I was a member of one of the very first Sabbath Schools in 
the United States. That school was organized by the Kev. John 
Marsh in the summer of 1819; there were a very few other Sab- 
bath Schools organized in the year 1818, in other parts of Con- 
necticut and in Massachusetts. 

My teacher was John May. My classmates were John Smith, 
George Childs, Alfred Carter, and others that I will not mention. 
There were two early superintendents whom I remember. Their 
names were. Marquis Thomas of Ponsett, and Comfort Cone of 
Walkley HiU School District. 

There were so many influential young men in the school as 
teachers and officers, that it is impossible for me to be positive 
about the superintendents. Of the male teachers there were 
George Brainerd, Alva Shailer, Ezekiel Clark, Watson Boardman; 

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females: Orpha Clark, Huldah Smith, and my sister Eliza. 
Clark and Ashbel Tyler were in the class, but not teachers. I 
could have given you more names of scholars, but I vrill make it 
a general thing. The scholars vi^ho came from Candlewood Hill 
School District, were the Scovils, Baileys, and Burrs; from Hig- 
ganompus School District were the Brainerds, Boardmans, Glad- 
wins, Childs, and Huntingtons; from WalJdey Hill were the 
Walkleys, Brooks, and Cones; from Cockey Ponsett the Hub- 
bards, Thomases, Spencers, Tibbals, and Bonfoeys; from Beaver 
Meadow were the Smiths, Knowles, and Brainerds; from Turkey 
Hill District were the Dickinsons, Tylers, Arnolds, and Rays; from 
Middle or Red School House District were the Shailers, Ventreses, 
Elys, and Shermans; Lower District, Tylerville, the Shailers, 
Tylers, Arnolds; from Haddam Neck District, Arnolds, Dudleys, 
Clarks, Brooks, and Brainerds. So you see they came from all over 
the town. 

I can recaU the acts and faces of my classmates as plainly as 
though it were but yesterday that I was among them. It is a great 
pleasure and pastime to think of their familiar faces. 

The picture presented by Mr. Dickinson is a very 
pleasant one — of the boys and girls flocking from all 
parts of the town to the meeting-house on the morning 
of each Lord's Day. Think of the distances traveled! 
From Candlewood HUl, "Higganompos," Tylerville, 
and Ponsett! Yet doubtless the weekly gathering was 
anticipated with pleasure. 

Possibly some present to-day may remember the bands 
of children trooping over the beautiful hills and valleys 
to the meeting-house, bearing in their hands shoes and 
stockings which were put on just before reaching their 
destination. 

Some time during the next decade a Sunday-school was 
established in Candlewood Hill auxiliary to the Had- 
dam school. 

The list of teachers between 1834 and 1841 will recall 

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to some of the older members many interesting remi- 
niscences of their labors. 

Cyprian S. Brainerd was elected superintendent in 
1839, and served most acceptably for many years. Ben- 
jamin H. Catlin was the assistant superintendent. The 
same year, Mrs. Submit Field taught a class of boys. 

We can give but the names of the remaining teachers 
between 1834 and 1841 : 



Mary Arnold 

Cyprian S. Brainerd 

Charles Brainerd 

James A. Brainerd 

George S. Brainerd 

Eliot Brainerd 

Ansel Brainerd 

Emma Brainerd 

Fanny Brainerd 

Ursula Brainerd 

Miss A. Bonfoey 

Hiram Brooks 

Ellen Boyce 

Mrs. Lucy Buell 

Eev. T. S. Clark 

Mrs. Huldah Clark 

Cynthia Child 

Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Child 

Mrs. H. Child 



Asa Mitchel 
John May 
James Noyes 
Ikliss Peck 
Edward Rutty 
EUzabeth Eutty 
Mrs. E. Scovil 
Alva Shailer 
Mary Ann Shailer 
Larissa Shailer 
Hurlbert Swan 
David A. Strong 
Miss Catlin 
Comfort Cone 
Mariah Chapman 
WiUard Cook 
Ebenezer Cook 
Chauncey Dickinson 
Charles Dickinson 



Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Catlin Mary L. Dibble 



Selden Huntington 
Sarah Huntington 
Elizabeth Huntington 
Armenia Hubbard 
Miss Hazleton 
Ezra Kelsey 
Daniel Kelsey 
Mrs. Davis Kelsey 
Sally Kelsey 



Rev. D. D. Field 
Mr. Fiske 
Miss Gould 
Gilbert S. Gladwin 
Russell Gladwin 
Marietta Gladwin 
Alexander W. Hall 
Theodore D. Hayes 
Ira Hutchinson 

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Lorinda Hull 
Chauncey D. Skinner 
Mrs. Spencer 
Miss M. C. Snow 
Mrs. Willard 
OUver P. Smith 
Henry Smith 
Linus B. Smith 
James Smith 
Betsey Smith 
Emily Smith 

* * These rest from their labors, and their works do follow them. ' ' 



Sophia Smith 
Eowena Smith 
Marinda Ann Smith 
Daniel Clark Tyler 
EUzabeth Tyler 
Mrs. S, Tyler 
David B. Ventres 
Mary Ann Walkley 
Mary Ann Warren 
Miss Warner 



During the pastorate of Mr. James L. Wright, we 
find the following names on the roll of teachers : 



John A. Brainerd 
S. Worthington Shailer 
Fanny Ventres 
Nancy Williams 
Mary Brainerd 
Martha E. Brainerd 
Mary Enuna Brainerd 



Hattie Brainerd 
Hattie Wright 
Hattie Clark 
Mrs. James N. Russell 
Mrs. Elihu B. Rogers 
Emily Smith 



Memories of faithful and efficient laborers will be re- 
called by the following list of the superintendents and 
their assistants during the last thirty years : 

Superintendents 



John A. Brainerd 
Arnold H. Hayden 
Marvin W. Brainerd 
Miner C. Hazen 
John H. Odber 



Shailer B. Walkley 
Frank H. Arnold 
Ezekiel Shailer 
EoUin U. Tyler 



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Assistant Superintendents 

S. W. Shailer Helen Eussell 

Charles A. Dickinson Mary Hazen 

Edward C. Arnold Mrs. James N. Eussell 

Edward W. Hazen Hattie Clark 

Eoger E. Dickinson Mrs. G. A. Dickinson 

Mary E. Brainerd Mrs. E. B. Eogers 

Kate E. Kelsey Mrs. A. H. Hayden 

Mrs. E. E. Lewis Mrs. A. E. Shailer 

Martha E. Brainerd Mrs. Samuel Arnold 

The advancement of the school during this period is 
more largely due to the pastor than to any other one 
person. His Bible class has been a source of profit and 
enjoyment to its members, and his constant interest in 
the school has added greatly to its prosperity. 

In addition to the officers of the last thirty years might 
be mentioned the following teachers : 

Mr. Cephas Brainerd, Sr. Mrs. Ellen Brainerd 

Mr. Cephas Brainerd, Jr. Mrs. Miner C. Hazen 

Mrs. Eleanor Boylston Mrs. S. W. Shailer 

Mrs. A. W. Tyler Mrs. J. H. Odber 

together with a score of others who are at present car- 
rying forward the good work. 

In the death of John A. Brainerd in 1875, the school 
lost one of its most able and willing workers. 

Ten years later Miss Martha E. Brainerd, who for 
more than half a century had labored with untiring 
devotion and sympathy in the interests of the school, was 
taken home. 

Memories linger with us of Mrs. E. E. Lewis. The 

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results of her influence upon the boys whom she had 
under her care will not be known here ; but her earnest 
prayers, the personal notes, the word fitly spoken, and 
her unfeigned interest, have borne fruit, and many rise 
up and call her blessed. 

Many now growm to manhood and womanhood re- 
member their first happy days in Sabbath-school with 
their gentle teacher. Miss Mary Brainerd. She had for 
years a large class of little folk, and used often, after 
the opening exercises were over, to take them to her own 
home, where they spent a bright hour, then sped home- 
ward bearing a tiny red book from the little library kept 
there. 

But time would fail me to make mention of the many 
who have been instrumental in the upbuilding of Chris- 
tian character here. 

It is uncertain when the school first availed itself of 
the inspiration of a varied service of song. For a long 
time it seemed content with simply the opening hymn 
by the teachers and that sung in closing by the children. 

Probably about 1853 a little song-book— " The Sab- 
bath-school Hosanna"— was adopted; some years later 
this was replaced by the "Happy Voices." This was 
used until 1880, when Mr. Cephas Brainerd, always 
a warm supporter of the school, provided the song-book 
in use until this occasion— "Spiritual Songs for the 
Sunday-school" — which he to-day replaces by the gift 
of " In Excelsis for School and Chapel. ' ' 

A library has been connected with the school since 
1830, possibly longer, and has been a source of enjoy- 
ment and helpfulness. Mr. D. C. Hubbard was one of 
the earliest librarians. 

In 1889, Mr. Owen B. Arnold presented fifty dollars 

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to be expended for new books, and at various times tbe 
funds of the school have been used for its replenishing. 
At present, access to the excellent town library lessens 
the importance of this part of the school's equipment. 

Liberal contributions have been regularly made by 
the school to the work of foreign missions, and to Sun- 
day-school work in the "West and in our own State. 

It is of interest to note that the school at its Ijegin- 
ning had a teachers' meeting, held throughout the year 
at the house of Mr. Marsh, the pastor. 

The teachers' meeting, which has been held weekly 
during the last twenty-seven years, has been of untold 
benefit to those who have availed themselves of its priv- 
ileges. We recall the animated discussions, the flashes 
of wit, at some of these gatherings, when our pastor was 
surrounded by a group including Mrs. Rogers, Miss 
Martha E. Brainerd, Mrs. Ellen Brainerd, Mrs. Fannie 
Clark, Miss Mary E. Brainerd, and others, all intent on 
reaching the heart of the next Sabbath's lesson. 

In 1870, ''The Child's Scripture Question Book," 
"embellished with twenty-one engravings," was in use; 
the answers, as far as possible, were printed in the words 
of the Bible. Lesson II opens as follows : 

Who were Cain and Abel? 

The Sons of Adam. — Genesis iv: 1, 2. 

Of what did Cain make an offering to the Lord? 

Of the fruits of the ground, etc., etc. 

In 1873 the International Lessons were adopted, and 
have been followed since that time. 

What a marvelous gain this course has been to the 
school! The surroundings of the sacred story, the cus- 
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tings, the multiplicity of illustrations, the thoughts of 
greatest minds, and an almost bewildering array of helps, 
serve to make the Bible a living book to the pupils of to- 
day. How much greater the responsibility of the youth 
of 1900 than ever before ! * ' For unto whomsoever much 
is given, of him shaU be much required." 

Our oldest member, — Miss Larissa Shailer, — who bears 
with her an atmosphere of sunshine and serenity, and has 
just passed the hundredth milestone of her journey, 
looks back upon a century of wonderful progress and 
achievement. 

Our youngest member,— Lucy Kelsey,— aged four, 
stands upon the threshold of a century full of possibil- 
ities. 

What will it bring to the Sabbath-school of Haddam? 

What will the Haddam Sabbath-school give to it? 



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THE EARLY SETTLERS AND THEIR 
HOMES 

ROLLIN U. TYLER 

IN 1614, Captain Adrian Blok and his crew of Dutch- 
men, in the ship Onrest, sailed up the Connecticut for 
fifty miles, and named the stream, in distinction from the 
saltish Hudson, "Fresh River." Then they sailed down 
the Sound and discovered Block Island, which to this 
day retains the old skipper's name. These were doubt- 
less the first white men to set eyes upon the rugged hills 
of Haddam. Their discovery was twenty years before 
the settlements at Saybrook and about Hartford, six 
years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, and only 
seven years after the first permanent English settle- 
ment in America was planted at Jamestown, Virginia. 
The present territory of Haddam and East Haddam 
was purchased from the Indians for a trifling amount 
by a committee of the Connecticut Colonial Legislature 
in May, 1662, or about one month after the signing by 
Charles II of the Charter of Connecticut. At that day, 
there were only about a dozen settlements along the 
Sound shore from Stonington to Greenwich, and about 
half as many more along the river above us to the Massa- 
chusetts line. Norwich had just been settled by a mi- 
gration from Saybrook. All the rest of Connecticut was 
a wilderness, uninhabited by the white man. The new 
plantation of Thirty Mile Island was to form the con- 
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necting link between the settlements on the river and 
those on the Sound. 

There were twenty-eight proprietors who took up the 
purchase and, with their wives and families, began to 
arrive here from Hartford and vicinity, in the summer 
of 1662, or soon after. They were (1) James Bates, 
Samuel Butler, William Corbee, Abraham Dibble, Sam- 
uel Gaines, John Hannison, Richard Jones, Stephen 
Luxford, John Parents, Richard Piper, Thomas Smith, 
Joseph Stannard, John Webb, and John Wiatt, four- 
teen of them, whose names and families were practically 
extinct in Haddam before 1700; and (2) Nicholas Ack- 
ley, Joseph Arnold, John Bailey, Daniel Brainerd, 
Thomas Brooks, William Clarke, Daniel Cone, George 
Gates, Thomas Shaylor, Gerrard Spencer and his son 
John Spencer, Simon Smith, William Ventres, and 
James Wells, fourteen of these last, all of whom now 
have descendants of their names in the original town- 
ship, except James Wells, who has descendants, but not 
of the Wells name, that name having become extinct 
in Haddam with the death of Oliver Wells, Esq., in 1820. 

Two settlements were formed, the larger, known as 
the Town Plot, extending along the old road from the 
southeastern end of Walkley Hill to the neighborhood 
of this church; the other, called the Lower Plantation, 
along the back road in what is now Shailerville, from 
Mill Creek nearly to the Baptist church. Wiatt, Jones, 
Ventres, Corbee, Shaylor, Bates, Hannison, Parents, 
Dibble, and Ackley settled at the Lower Plantation, in 
the order named, from Mill Creek south. The other pro- 
prietors, except Gaines and Webb, settled on the Town 
Plot. 

At first all the land was owned in common. Soon after 

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the settlement, each proprietor was assigned a home lot, 
the record of which, in the town book, was evidence of his 
individual ownership in the property, and constituted 
his certificate of stock in the common enterprise. By 
successive allotments and grants during the next hun- 
dred and fifty years, most of the remaining lands passed 
into the hands of the individual inhabitants. 

Desirable persons were admitted by vote of the town 
to the privileges of inhabitants, and were granted, ac- 
cordingly, shares in the common proprietorship and 
allotments of land to their individual use. Undesirable 
persons were not allowed in town, as witness the fol- 
lowing : 

April 10th, 1673, "it was agreed by voate that John Sled and 
his wief should not be entertained in the towne as inhabitants 
or resedence and also Goodman Corbee was forewarned not to 
reseave him into his hows becose they weare not persones quali- 
fied according to Law." 

January 1st, 1683; the townsmen [selectmen] were ordered "to 
warne frederick Elies and his wief to depart the towne by next 
march insueing. " 

A few enduring landmarks, like "Wells Brook, the old 
burying-ground, the roads to the woods, "the parsonage 
lot forever," and Mill Creek, enable us, with the aid 
of the early records, to locate the first homes of the 
settlers with some degree of accuracy, and to say some- 
thing about the occupants. 

I think we must assume that there was a thoroughfare 
through the town before the settlement (only a cart-path, 
or perhaps a bridle-path, following an Indian trail), 
as otherwise Saybrook would have been for many years 

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without overland communication with the up-river 
towns. And this was probably the origin of the old 
"country road" through the Town Plot along which 
the proprietors built their first rude cabins. 

On the Ephraim Pierson place, about where George 
W. Parraalee's house is, was the home of Samuel But- 
ler, son of Deacon Richard Butler of Hartford, formerly 
of Cambridge. In 1667, Samuel was one of the impor- 
tant committee of three from Haddam appointed by 
the town ''to treate with Sea Brooke men about ye 
bounds." The next year, he sold out his interests at 
Haddam to Richard Walkley of Hartford, and moved 
to Wethersfield, where he became a deacon of the church. 
The Walkley name has ever since been associated with 
that part of Haddam. 

John Spencer, eldest son of Gerrard, dwelt next south 
of Butler, his lot extending to the brink of the hill over- 
hanging the brook. Each of these two home lots ex- 
tended from the highway to the river, and contained 
eight acres. John Spencer died young, before his father, 
and left what is known as a ''narrative" or "nuncu- 
pative" will, probated at Hartford, then our county 
seat. 

A seven-acre lot on the east side of the road, in the 
ravine where the brook runs, was laid out to James 
Wells, after whom the brook was named ; but his house 
was half a mile away, near the present Academy lane. 
Before coming to Haddam (1650), he had lived with 
William Pynchon, the founder of Springfield. He was 
captain of militia in 1694. He died four years later, 
full of years and honors. His descendants were very 
prominent in this community for one and a half cen- 
turies, after which the family name became extinct 
within our borders. 

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THE EABLY SETTLERS AND THEIR HOMES 

As the ''country roati" reaches the summit of the 
ridge a few rods south of Wells Brook, we have a com- 
manding view of the Town Plot as far south as the bury- 
ing ground. Before us the ancient thoroughfare mean- 
ders along by the edge of the rising ground and up 
the hill to the court-house, as if it were following an 
Indian trail rather than a survey of the white man. 
On the left of it were the four-acre "home lots" of the 
settlers, fronting seven or eight rods on the road, and 
stretching northeasterly to the Great River. Opposite, 
on the rising ground to the right, were the three-acre 
"additional lots," corresponding. 

On the next lot south of Wells's ravine, and opposite 
where we are now supposed to be standing, was the 
home of Thomas Brooks the blacksmith. Tradition says 
that his forge was opposite Harry Arnold's house, near 
the corner of the road which leads up the hill to the new 
watering-trough. Thomas is thought to have come over 
in the Susan and Ellen in 1635. He kept a hotel at New 
London in 1659. By his second wife, Alice Spencer, he 
became the father of Thomas Brooks the second deacon, 
and the grandfather of Thomas Brooks the fifth deacon, 
of this church. He died in 1668. The probate court 
ordered Mistress Alice to teach her son (the future 
deacon) how to read and write; his sisters how to read 
only. The homestead was inventoried at £35; the iron 
and brass in the smithy at £3 ; the guns and sword at £3. 
Five years later, the widow had become the second wife 
of Thomas Shaylor. 

Stephen Luxford lived next south of Brooks, on the 
summit of the ridge. He died in 1676, fourteen years 
after the settlement, leaving a widow, but no children. 
His homestead, measuring eight rods in front and eighty 
rods deep, was inventoried at £18, and sold to William 

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Spencer. The high knoll in Ms additional lot, west of 
the road, land now owned by Mr. Cephas Brainerd, was 
called "Luxford Hill" within the memory of the oldest 
inhabitants of former years. 

The next home lot to Luxford's, reserved at first for 
the blacksmith, was given by the town in 1667 to John 
Elderkin of Norwich, upon his agreement to build a 
grist-mill, as the town was in "greate nasesity" for the 
same, and was too poor to build one. Elderkin sold this 
lot next year to Peter Blatchford of New London, after 
whose early death it became the property of Daniel 
Cone. John Elderkin was a celebrated master-builder 
and contractor in his day. He was great-grandfather 
of Rev. Dr. Joshua Elderkin, pastor of the church 
from 1749 to 1753. 

Just south of the "blacksmith lot," and next to the 
old highway which leads down to the "White House 
Landing, ' ' was the lot reserved for the first minister who 
should settle here. Our second minister, Rev. Nicholas 
Noyes, was admitted to the privileges of an inhabitant 
(1669), and was granted the rights appurtenant to this 
lot. It is uncertain whether a house was ever erected 
upon it. In the southwest corner of the fence, where 
the road turns toward the river, may still be seen the top 
stones of an ancient well. Who dug it, or how many 
generations have used it, we do not know. 

On the south side of the river road was ' ' the parsonage 
lot forever." It remained in the control of the town, 
and of its successor, the first ecclesiastical society, for 
nearly two centuries, when, in 1859, it was leased by the 
society for nine hundred and ninety-nine years to the 
father and brother of the late Mr. Zechariah Brainerd. 
The fine old parsonage was burned a few years ago. 

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THE EARLY SETTLEES AND THEIR HOMES 

Gerrard Spencer, the patriarch of the community, had 
his dwelling just opposite the site of the present house 
of Captain Parmalee. He was at Cambridge in 1634 ; 
later at Lynn, where he was granted a ferry in 1639 ; 
six times a member for Haddam in the General Court, 
and ensign of the Haddam "trayne band" in King 
Philip's war. The descendants of his six sons and as 
many daughters are numbered by the tens of thousands. 
From his daughter Hannah are descended all the Brain- 
erds ; from Mehitable, all the Cones ; from Alice, all the 
Brookses and some of the Shailers; from Elizabeth, 
the numerous Stannard family of Westbrook ; and from 
Ruth, who married Joseph Clarke, many of that name. 

Ensign Spencer died in 1685. In his will, dated 
September, 1683, we read: "A pewter flaggon and a rim 
bason, I give unto the church at Haddam, if there be 
one within five years after the date hereof." Although 
the church was not formally organized within the time 
limited by this bequest, it is believed that the ancient 
flagon now owned by the church is the Gerrard Spencer 
gift, and is probably the only visible possession of ours 
which links the present occasion with the very begin- 
nings of our history. 

The homestead of Goodman Thomas Smith was 
bounded northwesterly by that of Gerrard Spencer, and 
on the opposite side by that of John Bailey, so that it 
reached southwesterly to the line of Harry Arnold's 
present house lot. Thomas was evidently without wife 
or near relatives in his last days, and so he remembered 
his friends and neighbors. An extract from his will, 
dated September 22, 1674, the year of his death, will 
make more real to us the fact that these men and women 
once lived, and passed up and down these streets : 

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As for my estate that God hath given me, I dispose of it as fol- 
loweth: I give my home lot, orchard, and fence about it to the 
wife of John Baley, and to her children after her. ... I give 
to the wdfe of Daniel Brainvi^ood all my household stuffe and mov- 
ables that by this will are not othervtise disposed of, and my 
hay to Daniel Brainwood. I give my tobacco to James Wells. 
I give my steers to Nicholas Noyes. I give ray corn and my grain 
to John Smith. I give my hog to John Baley, sr. I give my 
turnips equally amongst James Wells, Daniel Cone, Joseph Stan- 
nard and John Baley. I give what Timothy Spencer oweth me to 
Daniel Cone. I also make John Baley, sr. and Daniel Brainwood 
my executors to see this my will fulfilled and to take care of my 
burial on which I would have forty shillings expended, thirty 
of which I would have John Baley allow out of what is given 
him, and Daniel Brainwood the other ten shillings. I give my 
cloathcs to Steven Luxford. 

One of the witnesses was Rev. Nicholas Noyes. He 
probably drafted the will, as in those days the ministers 
frequently performed such services. 

John Bailey's house-lot included the land now occu- 
pied by the houses of Harry Arnold and O. S. Bailey, 
He had been constable at Hartford in 1656. Two of 
his sons, John and Nathaniel, settled in the Town Plot, 
or near by. Benjamin, the other son, settled and had a 
mill near the falls on Higganum River. Descendants 
had located at Ponset as early as 1690, and the Bailey 
name has been found most frequently since that time 
in the northerly and westerly parts of the township. 

Deacon Daniel Brainerd's home lot was opposite the 
road which leads westerly up the hill, and extended 
southerly to the line of fence which now indicates 0. S. 
Bi^iley's southern boundary. His additional lot across 
the way reached up the hill and included the land 
where Mrs. Zechariah Brainerd's house is situated, and 
a portion of Dr. Hazen's homestead. 

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THE EARLY SETTLERS AND THEIR HOMES 

Deacon Brainerd was ancestor of so many of us, and 
was so closely identified with the formation and early 
history of this church, that a few words about his fam- 
ily will not be out of place. 

Of his seven sons, Deacon Daniel, Jr., and Joshua 
were among the first settlers from the west side in East 
Haddam. This was about 1685. Settlers from Saybrook 
and elsewhere were living on the east side some ten or 
fifteen years earlier. Creek Row, where the settlement 
began, is the locality on the hill back of the old Cove 
burying ground, or, generally speaking, that portion of 
East Haddam which can be seen from Haddam Street. 

Of the deacon's other sons, James settled in Haddam 
near the center, Elijah in Candlewood Hill district, 
Hezekiah between "Walkley Hill and Higganum, and 
Caleb somewhere on the west side of the river. William 
settled on the Neck between the foot of Quarry Hill and 
the house of Mr. Cyprian S. Brainerd ; his son Samuel, at 
Brainerd Hill, beyond Higganum. Hannah, the dea- 
con's only daughter, was wife of Deacon Thomas Gates 
of East Haddam, and had a large family. There were 
about seventy-five grandchildren of Deacon Daniel, of 
whom more than sixty were of the Brainerd name, and 
the large majority of them were boys. It is recorded 
by Rev. Elijah Brainerd (1757-1828), a grandson of our 
Deacon Elijah, that, April 6, 1786, there were com- 
puted to have been twenty-two hundred descendants 
of Deacon Daniel Brainerd; and that was only seventy- 
one years after Deacon Daniel's death. 

Although Deacon Brainerd lived more than fifty years 
after the settlement, his headstone inscription in the old 
burying ground is the earliest of any inhabitant, and 
the only one of an original proprietor which has come 

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down to our day. Rev. Jeremiah Hobart, who died a 
few months later than the deacon, also has a monument 
to his memory. The earliest inscription is that of 
Edward Shipman, a resident of Chester, near "Ship- 
man's Pond," who died in 1711, and was brought here 
for burial, apparently for the reason that our burying- 
ground was nearer his home than was the one at Say- 
brook Point, For eighty years this was the only burying- 
place in Haddam on this side of the river. The yard 
at Higganum was laid out in 1741 ; the one at Ponset in 
1761 ; and the one at Tylerville in 1782. 

Daniel Cone's "home lot," next south of Deacon 
Brainerd's, was too uneven near the highway for build- 
ing purposes, and so at an early date we find his house 
located on the lot laid out for the blacksmith, next to 
Luxford's. He died, probably at East Haddam, in 1706, 
aged eighty years. Of his four sons, three moved to 
East Haddam, the eldest having married a daughter 
of George Gates. 

Joseph Stannard at first built on his ' ' additional lot, ' ' 
opposite his "home lot," about where the little red cot- 
tage stands near the foot of Pound Hill. Later, he had a 
house farther down the street near the first meeting- 
house, and another near Mill Creek. About 1683, he 
moved with his family to Westbrook, where his de- 
scendants have been numerous. 

Simon Smith's house was on the ridge to the east of 
the road, about twenty-five rods north of the burying- 
ground, the land being next to Stannard 's. He was 
grandfather of Joseph Smith, ninth deacon of this 
church, and was ancestor of all the Haddam Smiths 
who trace their lineage to the settlement of the town. 

William Clarke was Simon Smith's southerly neigh- 

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bor. His ''home lot" and first dwelling-place was on the 
east side of the highway, just north of the burying- 
ground. His home at the time of his death in 1681 was 
probably on his lot back of the court-house, about where 
the C. T. Russell homestead is. In 1669, William 
Clarke was the special commissioner of Haddam to the 
General Court as to the boundary dispute with Say- 
brook, with power to employ counsel if necessary. He 
was also one of the building committee of our first 
meeting-house. He was the ancestor of the Clarks now 
living in the central, western, and northern parts of 
Haddam, and on Haddam Neck. His sons Thomas and 
Joseph remained in Haddam, John settled in Middle- 
town, and William in Wethersfield. The Clarks of Tur- 
key Hill and the neighborhood of Clark's Creek in Ty- 
lerville are descended from Major John Clark, of Hart- 
ford, Saybrook, and Milford, who is named as one of 
the patentees in the Charter of Charles II to Connec- 
ticut, in 1662. 

George Gates, the magistrate, had his house-lot op- 
posite Captain Russell's and in front of the burying- 
ground, the northeast corner being about where the 
court-house stands. The main street now cuts across 
the corner and takes the whole front of the lot for high- 
way purposes. The front part of Gates's four-acre lot 
on the east side of the country road and next to William 
Clarke's was given up to the town for an enlargement 
of the burying-ground. George Gates was the leading 
public man of the town, having been captain of the train- 
band, first selectman for many years, the first town 
clerk, twenty-two times representative, and a leader of 
the movement to have East Haddam set off as a separate 
society. Many of the early land conveyances were drawn 

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and witnessed by him. Having spent Ms active life here, 
he went in his old age to live with his sons, all of whom 
had moved to Creek Row in East Haddam, and there he 
died about 1725, in his ninetieth year, being the last sur- 
vivor of the twenty-eight original proprietors. 

Joseph Arnold, son of John and Susannah Arnold 
of Hartford, and father of Joseph Arnold the third 
deacon of this church, came to Haddam at the beginning, 
but subsequently resided in Hartford for a few years. 
The front of his original home lot was given back to 
the town for a burying-ground, in exchange for another 
home lot taken out of the common land and located, it 
is believed, a few rods southerly of the present county 
jail. His first dwelling seems to have been on his addi- 
tional lot, near the Field Park entrance. He was proba- 
bly settled on the second lot at the date of the following 
town vote, December 7, 1667 : 

It was agreed and voted by the inhabitants that the settled 
place where the meeting house shall be built is at the front of the 
minister's lot in the little meadow lying against the end of the 
home lot of Joseph Arnold that now he dwells in. 

As late as 1690, both Joseph Arnold and his wife, 
Elizabeth Wakeman, were members of the church in 
Hartford. He died at Haddam in 1691, and his widow 
became the second wife of Deacon Daniel Brainerd. 

Richard Piper 's home lot was about opposite the pres- 
ent stone store, and his ' ' home meadow ' ' included the lot 
where the post-office stands. James "Wells dwelt oppo- 
site Piper's home meadow. Piper was a man of action, 
dealt in real estate, was constable, on the committee for 
laying out highways (about 1671) and establishing 
the town bounds, and representative in 1674. He was in 

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litigation with Thomas Dunk of Saybrook in 1675. At 
his death, April 3, 1678, he left a will, but mentioned 
no wife or children. 

The territory between the Town Plot and Mill Creek 
was occupied very soon after the settlement by the homes 
of the newly arriving inhabitants and of the children 
of the proprietors. Among the earliest residents in this 
section may be mentioned Joseph Arnold, Joseph Stan- 
nard, Rev. Nicholas Noyes, some of the younger genera- 
tion of Clarkes, and sons of Gerrard Spencer. Here 
our first meeting-house was built about 1674, which was 
for nearly half a century the only house of public 
worship between Middletown and Saybrook Point. Its 
location was near the two large maple-trees now standing 
near the southwest corner of the dooryard of Mrs. Austin 
S. Clark. 

The first grist-mill in town, built by Elderkin of Nor- 
wich about 1668, was located on Mill River, and gave 
the stream its name. The same year, Elderkin sold to 
Peter Blatchford **my corne mill that is now built." 
Blatchford had previously lived at New London, and 
had been granted land there for his valuable services 
in the Pequot War. George Gates and he were Had- 
dam's first two representatives to the General Court, 
1670. At his death in 1671, the mill passed into the 
hands of James Bates. 

June 13, 1671, Mr. Bates was given permission by the 
town to make a dam on Mill River for "penning the 
water." July 28, 1677, James Bates, yeoman, of Had- 
dam, and Hannah his wife, for £60 sell to Simon Lynde, 
merchant, of Boston, "our corne mill standing upon the 
riveret or mill river in Haddam." May 16, 1690, Ben- 
jamin Lynde, student at Harvard College, sells his mill 

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and mill rights, "including the implements in the ruins 
of said mill," on JVIill River in Haddam, to Samuel 
Hough of Saybrook, millwright. In 1695, the town gave 
Joseph Rogers the privilege of putting up a saw-mill at 
the end of his grist-mill. In 1669, the town voted that 
every Monday shall be the day for every one to carry 
his com to mill to grind. All these records doubtless 
refer to the same mill site. In 1678, a saw-mill privilege 
in Higganum was granted by the town. 

In studying the map of the Lower Plantation, it must 
be borne in mind that the turnpike road from Shailer- 
ville school-house northerly by the railroad station to 
the County Home was not opened until about 1802, and 
that the earliest dwellings were built along the "old 
road," which continued to be the only thoroughfare 
through that settlement for about one hundred and forty 
years. 

John Wiatt's homestead comprised a tract of thirty 
acres extending from Mill River southeasterly to a line 
about half-way between the houses of Martha and 
Ezekiel Shailer, and from the Country Road to the Great 
River. Wiatt had previously lived at Windsor and at 
Farmington. After his death in 1668, the homestead 
was sold to James Bates and "William Ventres. The 
widow and her children moved to Hartford. The young- 
est son, Israel Wiatt, afterward settled in Colchester. 

The earliest landing-place of record in Haddam was 
established by vote of the town, April 9, 1667, at the 
mouth of the creek, then called "Beaver Brooke" (no 
mill having yet been established on the stream) ; and a 
convenient highway was to lead from the landing 
through the land of John W^iatt to the common highway. 

The home of Richard Jones, formerly of Farmington, 

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was next to Wiatt's. His home lot and others south 
of it were long strips of land containing eight acres, 
fronting about twenty to thirty rods on the highway, 
and extending to the Great River. Jones died in 1670, 
leaving a son, who died young, and two daughters, who 
married elsewhere. Haddam's earliest tax abatement 
of record dates from 1671, when it was voted "that the 
town will forgive the widow Jones her towne rate that is 
behind of last yeare. ' ' John Chappell bought the Jones 
home lot, but soon sold it to Thomas Spencer, a son of 
Gerrard, who afterward moved to Saybrook and was 
the ancestor of the Saybrook and Westbrook Spencers. 
Chappell returned to Lyme. The portion of the Jones 
homestead now owned by Ezekiel Shailer has been in 
the Shailer name continuously since 1689. 

William Ventres, from Farmington, sergeant of the 
Haddam train-band in King Philip's war, owned the 
next homestead, which has continued in the Ventres 
name until recent years, and is now occupied by Mrs. 
Behn, except the small portion owned by Carlos J. 
Ventres, and a small piece of land on which the black- 
smith shop is located. William Ventres died July 2, 
1701, aged seventy-eight years. 

The dwelling-houses of Chester Case, Orrin Shailer, 
and Israel Shailer are on land which was originally the 
homestead of Goodman William Corbee, the innkeeper. 
Corbee died in 1674, leaving a family of small children, 
of whom Samuel afterward married Mary Crippen and 
settled in East Haddam; the rest moved away. 

On the hillside near the woods, a few rods southwest- 
erly of John 0. Brainerd's dwelling, may be seen the 
remains of an ancient cellar. It is pointed out as the 
location of the house of the emigrant Thomas Shaylor, 

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from whom all the Shailers in America are supposed to 
have descended. The second Shailer house was on the 
east side of the road, a little below the first, and within 
a stone's throw of the old chestnut-tree under which 
Grandma Susannah Cone Shailer spread a luncheon 
for the soldiers in the time of the Revolution. The well 
of the second house, across the road from it, is still 
visible. 

Thomas was a sea captain, and there is good authority 
for the statement that he came from Stratford-on-Avon, 
the home of Shakspere, although the Shailer name has 
been a common one in the Hadhams of Hertfordshire 
for centuries. He lived here for a few years after the 
settlement, and then moved to Killingworth, now Clinton, 
for a few years more, after which he returned to Had- 
dam. In 1692, he sailed away for the West Indies, 
never to return. Twenty years afterward, administra- 
tion was granted to his sons Thomas and Timothy upon 
the estate of their father, "supposed to be deceased." 
Another son, Abel, moved to Bolton in this State and 
had a large family. 

James Bates's homestead was the land occupied in 
our day by the homes of Elders Simon and Davis and 
Deacon Russell Shailer. He formerly lived at Dor- 
chester, and at Hempstead, L. I. The records refer to 
him as "Mr. Bate." He had crossed the ocean re- 
peatedly, and was evidently a man of considerable prop- 
erty, of large experience, and highly respected. He was 
chairman of the committee for building our first meet- 
ing-house, and represented Haddam eight times in the 
General Court. His daughter Hannah was the first 
Haddam child whose record of baptism has come down to 
us. It reads as follows : 

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First Church, Middletown, March 7, 1669. Being the Lord's 
Day, Hannah Bate daughter to Mr. Bate of Thirty Mile Island 
(al[i]as Haddum) Mrs. Bate being a member of and in full 
Communion with the Church of Christ at Dorchester received the 
Initiatory Seale of ye Covenant by virtue of Communion of 
Churches. 

Mr. Bates died about 1692, and his family moved to 
other places. 

The homestead right of John Hannison was next south 
of the Elder Davis Shailer place, and included land now 
covered by the dwellings of Captain Franklin O. Tyler 
and Mrs. Smith Gilbert. Hannison was in Springfield 
in 1661, before coming to Haddam. In 1686, he sold his 
homestead to John Scovil of Waterbury, and moved 
to Hartford. There are pasture lots on the hill to the 
westward, which descended from Hannison to his son- 
in-law James Hadlock, which are known as "Hadlock" 
in Shailerville to this day. The family name of Han- 
nison has also been preserved, in the shortened form of 
"Hanson," in the Bates family, with whom the Han- 
nisons intermarried. 

John Parents 's home lot extended from the brook 
of Mrs. Asa Shailer 's to the north line of William Ely's. 
Parents died July 8, 1686, his only children being two 
daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, who married Abel and 
Timothy Shailer. Distinguished among their descend- 
ants are John Fitch the inventor, and Professor Nathan- 
iel Southgate Shaler of Harvard University. 

Abraham Dibble was a man of prominence in the 
new settlement. He represented Haddam on the com- 
mittees for settlement of the boundary disputes with 
Saybrook and Lyme. It is supposed that he moved to 
Suffield, and died there in 1690. The Westbrook Dib- 
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bles are said to be his descendants, probably through 
a son Jonah, who, Dr. Field says, was a settler in Ches- 
ter from Haddam in 1692. From the record, at Mid- 
dletown, of a Dibble child baptized while the family 
was living in Haddam in 1671-72, it appears that Mrs. 
Dibble was then a member of the church at Farmington. 
Richard Piper bought Dibble's homestead, 1673, and 
lived there till he died. By Piper's will, the place was 
given to John Kinard, a son-in-law of Gerrard Spencer. 
The houses of William Ely and Charles Scovil are on 
the same land. 

Nicholas Ackley of Hartford is named as one of the 
original proprietors, but did not come to Haddam till 
about 1667, when he was assigned about fourteen acres 
at the southern end of the Lower Plantation, part of 
which is now occupied by the home of Captain Adrian 
Shaler. Ackley died there in 1695, leaving several sons, 
all of whom moved to the east side of the river. The 
homestead was bought by James Ray of Narragansett, 
in 1698. 

John Bates, of Stratford in 1669, possibly a brother 
of James, moved to Haddam about 1672, and bought 
of Thomas Shailer a six-acre lot adjoining the lower 
side of the Ackley homestead. At a later date he set- 
tled near Roaring Brook, where his descendants lived 
in considerable numbers for a century and a half. 
August 14, 1693, for thirty-five shillings and six pence, 
Nicholas Noyes, "minister of the gospel at Salem," 
sells to John Bates of Haddam fifteen acres of up- 
land, abutting east on lands of Edward Purple, south 
on Roaring Brook, west on Country Road, and north on 
common land— that is, land in front of the Tylerville 
school-house. 

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There were a saw-mill and grist-mill on this land a 
century ago, and there is an old house there now which 
was built by the Bateses. The locality was known as 
''Bates's Mills" as late as 1800. The Bates family and 
name have now wholly disappeared from the neigh- 
borhood. 

We have now located the home lots of all the twenty- 
eight proprietors except two, Samuel Gaines and John 
Webb. If either of them ever lived in Haddam, it was 
very early and for only a brief period. Webb was as- 
signed land which he sold early to Richard Piper. He 
may have been the progenitor of the Webbs of Chester. 

The home lot next south of Corbee's, opposite the 
site of the first Shailer house already referred to, first 
appears of record in the name of Thomas Richeson. A 
man of this name left Farmington about the same time 
with Wiatt, Jones, and Ventres, and afterward settled 
and died in Waterbury. The same land is referred to 
in the will of the second Thomas Shailer, 1753, as his 
' ' Gaines lot. ' ' The supposition is that the land was first 
allotted to Gaines, and by him sold to Richeson, who sold 
it to Shailer. Gaines died in Glastonbury in 1700. 

Among the other residents on the west side of the 
river whose names appear of record within the first 
forty years after the settlement, may be mentioned: 
Rev. Jonathan Willoughby and Rev. John James; Wil- 
liam Porter ; John Blackleach ; Peter Miles the tailor ; Ed- 
ward Scovil, yeoman ; Andrew Benton ; Benjamin Scovil, 
tailor, who moved to East Haddam about 1715 ; Edward 
Purple, who lived near Rutty 's Creek and owned large 
tracts of land in the lower end of the town ; and Samuel 
Ingham and John Conners, whose homes were between 
Clark's Creek and Saybrook (now Chester) line. 

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The only churches in what is now Middlesex County, 
organized prior to our own, were Old Saybrook, 1646; 
Killingworth (now Clinton), 1667; and Middletown, 
1668. From the organization of the church at Middle- 
town, in 1668, to the installation of Mr. Hobart as pastor 
of the Haddam church, November 14, 1700, a period 
of thirty-two years, about twenty-five Haddam families 
had about fifty of their children baptized at Middletown, 
which appear of record. The records indicate that the 
parents were connected with different churches, as fol- 
lows: 

Eight with the church at Lynn, being of the Gerrard 
Spencer family ; seven with the first church of Hartford ; 
six with the first church at Middletown ; three with the 
church at Haddam ; two with the church at Dorchester ; 
and one each with the churches at Farmington, Strat- 
ford, Saybrook, New London, and Hadley. 

Dr. Field estimates the number of families in Haddam 
at the date of its incorporation, in 1668, at about thirty, 
all living on the west side of the river. At the time our 
church was organized, about 1696, there may have been 
sixty families on the west side of the river, and half as 
many more in East Haddam. 



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ADDRESS 

Rev. WILLIAM A. BRONSON 

I DESIRE to express my thanks for the honor shown 
me by the pastor of this church in extending an in- 
vitation to unite with you on this anniversary occasion, — 
the bicentennial celebration of this church. 

I had expected an invitation to my church, and had 
there been none, I had planned to present a form of reso- 
lutions to our people and to send greetings. But it was 
unnecessary, for the pastor's letter ran thus: "Will you 
bring greeting from your church? You seem so thor- 
oughly one of us that the occasion would be incomplete 
without your address." 

The kindness thus expressed laid upon me an obliga- 
tion — and not only so, gives me great pleasure — to bring 
my own greetings and that of my church; indeed, I 
should have done my church great injustice had I re- 
fused, which I could not have done. 

Then I said how can I better express our greeting than 
in the words of the grand old Apostle John in sending 
greeting to the elders,— "Unto the elect lady and her 
children, whom I love in the truth; and not only I, but 
also all they that have known the truth." 

To this elect lady, now two hundred years old, with- 
out a wrinkle on her brow, and with undimmed vision, 
I bring greeting from a sister church. We present our 
congratulations to her children for her health, vigor, 

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influence, and power; for her history of helpfulness 
and long-continued service to her exalted head; for her 
sacrifices and benevolence during the two centuries of 
her life. 

We are reminded at this period of her life, and on 
this occasion, of the words of the prophet : ' ' The fathers, 
where are they, and the prophets, do they live forever ? ' ' 
and the answer is: "Though dead, they yet speak to us; 
they live in their influence and the work they wrought — 
in the mission fields of the past. They builded better 
than they knew, and have bequeathed to their children 
the inestimable heritage of a Christian church." 

They were strong in their faith, in prayer and conse- 
cration, and in their sacrifices. You have a monument 
that has defied the tooth of time and the wear of cen- 
turies,— the Church of God, the pillar and the ground 
of the truth. 

It has been often said, and sometimes in sarcasm, that 
religion is declining, and that the church is losing its 
power; but no greater mistake was ever made, for at 
no period in the history of the church has Christianity 
had a greater influence or the church greater power than 
now at this period, and the beginning of the third cen- 
tury of this church's life. 

We do well to remember that power exhibits itself 
under two distinct forms— strength and force — each 
possessing qualities and each perfect in its own sphere. 
Strength is typified by the oak, the rock, the mountain. 
Force embodies itself in the tempest, the cataract, and 
the thunderbolt. It is under the former we find the 
power of the church and Christianity. The oak, its 
roots buried in the centuries ; the oak, with its branches 
spreading out, giving shelter and shade. The rock, im- 

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ADDRESS 

movable, solid. The mountain towering aloft as the 
landmark through the ages. This illustrates this church. 
Two centuries of Christian and social life; her influ- 
ence, like rootlets, going forth : her mission to give hope 
and shelter and salvation. 

We congratulate the distinguished lady on account 
of the ministry, and for the long service of her present 
pastor, and pray he may long continue to break with you 
the Bread of Life. 

And last, we bring you greeting and congratulate you 
on the receipt of so magnificent a gift, from one who 
not only is a friend to this church, but a distinguished 
member of this faith, in memory of his father, who in 
the long ago led the choir, — a fitting memorial gift. It 
will be a source of great pleasure to the giver, in the days 
to come, to listen to this king of instruments, while the 
voice of his father will seem to speak to him through 
these pipes, as the skilful fingers of the organist sweep 
the keys. 

Permit me, then, in closing to present once more our 
greetings on this happy anniversary, thanking you for 
the honor bestowed on me, and assuring you that the 
prayers of myself and the church I represent will ascend 
to God for your peace and prosperity. 



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THE DAY WE CELEBRATE 

CEPHAS BRAINERD 

LADIES AND Gentlemen: Yielding, as I do, to the 
i too kind invitation of the committee having this 
anniversary in charge, I undertake the duty of pre- 
siding. 

I tliink you will readily understand why these services 
anticipate by a few weeks the actual date of the instal- 
ling of our first pastor, November 14, 1700. 

It would not be becoming for me to occupy your time 
with extended observations, when we consider the pro- 
gram which we have before us. 

What has been accomplished in these two hundred 
years will appear with some fullness in what you are to 
hear from those named on the program, and did to some 
extent appear in the addresses which were delivered on 
Sunday last. 

We all know, I am sure, what the church is, and many 
have a realizing sense of what it has accomplished. 
There is, however, much to be told and much to make 
our hearts glad and fill them with gratitude, and we have 
a right to hope much for the future. 

In June, 1851, Dr. Horace Bushnell delivered at New 
Britain, at the opening of a State Normal School, a 
most interesting and powerful address entitled "His- 
torical Estimate" of Connecticut. It attracted great 
attention at the time, and it contained, among other 

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tilings, the following charming forecast for the State 
of which we are a part : 



How beautiful is the attitude of our little State, when seen 
through the medium of facts like these. Unable to carry weight 
by numbers, she is seen marching out her sons to conquer other 
posts of influence and represent her honor in other fields of action. 
Which, if she continues to do, if she takes the past simply as 
a beginning, and returns to that beginning with a fixed deter- 
mination to make it simply the germ of a higher and more per- 
fect culture, there need scarcely be a limit to the power she may 
exert as a member of the republic. The smaUness of our ter- 
ritory is an advantage even, as regards the highest form of 
social development and the most abundant fruits of genius. Our 
State, under a skilful and sufficient agriculture, with a proper 
improvement of our waterfalls, is capable of sustaining a million 
of people in a condition of competence and social ornament; and 
that is a number as large as any State government can manage 
with the highest effect. No part of our country between the two 
oceans is susceptible of greater external beauty. What now looks 
rough and forbidding in our jagged hillsides and our raw begin- 
nings of culture, vsill be softened, in the future landscape, to 
an ornamental rock-work, skirted by fertility, pressing out in the 
cheeks of the green dells where the farm-houses are nested, burst- 
ing up through the waving slopes of the meadows, and walling 
the horizon about with wooded hills of rock and pastured summits. 
We have pure, transparent waters, a clear, bell-toned atmosphere, 
and, withal, a robust, healthy-minded stock of people, uncor- 
rupted by luxury, unhumiliated by superstition, sharpened by 
good necessities, industrious in their habits, simple in their man- 
ners and tastes, rigid in their morals and principles; combining, 
in short, all the higher possibilities of character and genius in 
a degree that will seldom be exceeded in any people of the world. 
These are the mines, the golden placers of Connecticut. Turning 
now to these as our principal hope for the future, let us endeavor, 
with a fixed and resolute concentration of our pubUc aim, to keep 
the creative school-house in action, and raise our institutions of 
learning to the highest pitch of excellence. 

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I could not think, as a young man reading this at the 
time of its publication, that it ever could be realized, and 
that I was to live to see the prophecj'^ and the picture 
realized ; but to-day we live in the midst of the prophecy 
accomplished. The late census returns show that the 
State has practically reached its million inhabitants as 
foretold by Dr. Bushnell. I am sure you will agree 
that in its beauty, in its scenery, in the prosperity of its 
people, it realizes substantially what then seemed to me 
to be a wild dream. 

Now when you have heard all that will be said to-day 
in regard to the part which our State and our town have 
borne in this advance, I shall wish to ask you if you do 
not believe, as I do, that the prophecy is realized, and 
that our town and our church have alike borne their 
part in procuring this realization. 

I shall also want to put to you this single practical 
question, what are you going to do in the future to main- 
tain the standard reached to-day? 

The first in order upon the program will be some re- 
sponses from the pastors of the churches which have 
grown out of our own; and the first is the church at 
East Haddam, which was founded only eight years later 
than ours. 

One of the earlier pastors I have a distinct recollection 
of, the Rev. Isaac Parsons, for he preached in the old 
church in this town the first sermon to which I ever 
listened, upon the text : 

''And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and 
smote the king of Israel between the joints of the 
harness. . . ." 

I take great pleasure in presenting to you the Rev. 
Francis Parker, the present pastor of that church. 

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OUR DAUGHTERS : EAST HADDAM, 1704 

Rev. FRANCIS PARKER 

I RESPOND in behalf of a daughter and two grand- 
daughters of this the mother church upon "ye east 
side of ye brode river." 

The daughter, the first church in East Haddam, was 
organized in 1704, and is now one hundred and ninety- 
six years old. The two granddaughters are the church 
in Millington, organized in 1736, now one hundred and 
sixty-four years old ; and the church in Hadlyme, organ- 
ized in 1745, and now one hundred and fifty-five years 
old. 

They have returned to the old home, to assist in wip- 
ing the dust from the earlier picture of the dear mother 
church, to retouch and reframe it, and to hold it up to 
view, that all may love and admire her ability, her faith- 
fulness, and her work. They feel it to be a precious 
experience when those who have been fostered here can 
come home to rejoice with the faithful ones whose lot 
it has been to ' ' stay by the stuff. ' ' There seems to be a 
special blessing when the reunion is held in behalf of an 
ancient church of God. The very walls are baptized, 
and the atmosphere beats with the hovering love of 
a mother over those who are inheriting the prayers of 
the past. Think of the prayers which have been offered 
by this church in the quaint phrase of the fathers, that 
God would bless his own Zion. Is it not clear that there 

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is an accumulation of spiritual energy in a churcli that 
has been permitted to testify for her Lord and Saviour 
for two hundred years ? 

We honor the noble men and women who laid the foun- 
dations of our sacred heritage. They were animated 
with high purposes. They adorned their lives with the 
eternal principles of truth and righteousness. 

We can look back with pride to the rock whence we 
were hewn. 

We are fortunate that these ancestors of ours were 
men and women who believed in God and his sacred 
Word, in freedom and in knowledge. They were peo- 
ple of so strong a conviction, so determined a purpose 
that their influence has come down to our time, has 
been the germinal principle of our American institu- 
tions, leavening the great mass of the nation. 

These ancestors in the beloved mother church had 
faith in God, and they showed it not only by words, but 
by deeds. It was like that of Abraham, ' ' who was called 
to go out to a place which he should after receive for an 
inheritance, and went not knowing whither he went, 
and he sojourned there as in a strange country," Let 
us never forget that these devoted men and women left 
happy homes in Old England, ancestral fields lying fair 
among the hills and valleys of that land of comfort. 
They left them for an unknown country, hard and cold ; 
for an ungrateful soil, for hunger and privation; and 
this they did that they might build up a purer and better 
form of religion than was permitted them to have at 
home. They believed the humblest Christian was equal 
to the highest, because for each one Christ had died ; be- 
cause each one was loved of God; because each one was 
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vation. They wished to establish this ideal brotherhood 
and make it real. They saw before them the vision of a 
divine church, full of peace and truth, wherein every 
one should draw near to God without fear, as his own 
heart, guided by the Holy Spirit, prompted him. This 
faith was capable of sacrifices; it was no luxury of de- 
votion wrapped in soft Elysian airs. They were fellow- 
workers with God, carrying out his high designs for 
the redemption of humanity. 

These noble men and women believed also in freedom. 
But they did not seek freedom for its own end, but for 
the sake of something beyond. Freedom is not an end, 
but a means. He alone can become really free who has 
an aim, a conviction, a purpose, and who puts aside 
all obstacles and barriers in order to reach it. Our 
fathers sought freedom, and put the Atlantic between 
themselves and oppression. The free institutions of this 
country in which we rejoice were established that we 
might have honest government, justice for all, equal 
rights and opportunities for life and happiness. 

They also believed in knowledge. The wonderful sys- 
tem of common and public schools which has spread from 
New England over the whole Union, taking in all ranks 
and classes, all races and sects, is one of those vast 
phenomena which make less impression upon us, be- 
cause so constant and so universal. There are two great 
forces in this country which work at the roots of society ; 
one is the free church, the other the free school. This 
voluntary system has covered the land with churches 
and schools freely supported by the people. 

The spirit of these men and women was also con- 
structive. They came here to build. They had faith 
in a better future. They desired to lay at least the cor- 

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ner-stone of better institutions. This constructive spirit 
has passed into the national mind and heart. It shows 
itself in the remarkable spirit of invention and discovery 
which is a peculiar characteristic of the American mind. 
It appears in the innumerable societies founded to carry 
out all sorts of reforms— political, social, educational, 
philanthropic, religious. 

What a great blessing it is to have a good ancestry— 
godly, just, honorable; men and women whom we can 
look back to with love and respect, and feel proud when 
we think of them. Those who belong to a noble race are 
bound bj^ stronger obligations than others to live noble 
lives themselves. 

In this spirit thy children and grandchildren come 
to thee, dear venerable mother church. No one can esti- 
mate too highly thy value. 

For such an ancient country church we will ever have 
a reverence that increases with the passing years. Thou 
hast been a fountain of blessing bej'ond human compu- 
tation for our land. 

The simple and strong and massive faith in God and 
his redeeming Christ, in which thou wast gathered in 
the beginning, has made thee to stand as a tower in 
Zion, a fortress of spiritual strength, supplying direction 
and protection to the whole civil and social life around 
thee. 

Every virtue which gives stabilitj^ and true grandeur 
to the nation, has been fostered by thee from generation 
to generation. 

Established chiefly that thou mightest lift up before 
men the Christ in whom stands our salvation and hope 
of eternal life, and that thou mightest draw men unto 

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him, thou hast been blest of God in being made to many 
the gate of heaven. 

We cherish these hallowed memories, and hold in 
honor those who, having faithfully served God in his 
earthly church, have now passed on into the far larger 
and more glorious church gathered around the Christ 
enthroned on high. 

God bless thee, dear mother church, in thy renewed 
beauty and all the loyal and loving hearts that gather 
around thee to-day to rejoice in that beauty. May the 
new century yield larger and better results than the two 
that are past. "The Lord make his face shine upon 
thee, and be gracious unto thee: the Lord lift up his 
countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." 



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HENRY M. SELDEN 

THE Church of Middle Haddam, organized in 1740, 
greets the parent church: for the growth temporal 
and spiritual, for the good accomplished, for the sowing 
and ingathering of many harvests, for the long-con- 
tinued and the present life, we congratulate you. 

The first pastor of the ^fiddle Haddam church was 
Benjamin Bowers, a man of God and greatly beloved 
by his charge. His successor was Benjamin Boardman, 
who, considering the causes that culminated in the Revo- 
lution, was just the man for the times. He early re- 
sponded to the call to arms, and doubtless led others to 
go with him, for seventeen men from the single street 
leading northward from the church entered the Revolu- 
tionary service. He was chaplain of a cavalry troop 
at Roxbury during the occupancy of Boston by the 
British, and was called by the enemy, on account of his 
powerful voice, the "Great Gun of the Gospel." 

David Selden, born on my home farm, was the third 
pastor, and an exception to the proverb as to a prophet 
in his own country, for he had the unwavering affection 
of his people during the entire period of his long pastor- 
ate of over thirty-nine years. His wife was Cynthia 
May, a daughter of your pastor Eleazer May, whose 
grandson, Rev. Dr. Munger, wlQ soon address you. As 
the beloved pastor was about to enter the pulpit, his hand 

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rested habitually for a moment, as if in blessing, upon 
the head of the boy sitting nearest on a long bench in 
front of the pulpit, and consequently a strife among 
the little fellows for the coveted seat was settled by their 
taking turns. To the poor he was a loving father, in- 
viting them often to his table, and in their need they 
received from his house and farm. At funerals he 
began his discourse by saying, "I wish to put myself 
in sympathy with the afflicted family." In this he was 
successful, and his services on such occasions were in 
frequent demand outside of his parish. He died sud- 
denly, in full health, apparently; each household 
throughout the parish feeling as if one from their own 
home had been taken. To illustrate the general grief, 
I need only allude to yours when your beloved pastor, 
James L. Wright, was also called home. 

The fourth pastor was Charles Bentley, whose impet- 
uous delivery was described as "like the dumping of 
stone from a cart, carrying all before it." In his pas- 
torate occurred the greatest revival in the history of the 
church. He was succeeded by Stephen A. Loper, later 
the pastor of the church at Higganum. Other pastors 
following were William Case, Samuel Moseley, Philo 
Judson, and James C. Houghton. At the retirement 
of the last named, a division in the church resulted in 
the formation of the Second Church of Middle Haddam, 
in 1855, at Cobalt. The tenth pastor was William S. 
Wright, a worthy brother of your James. Next came 
James Kilbourne, and last at the second house of wor- 
ship, Benjamin B. Hopkinson, our third Benjamin. 
After the retirement of Mr. Hopkinson, the church was 
long without a pastor, and only occasional meetings were 
held. 

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The first house of worship, erected in 1744, was located 
near the old cemetery at the southern end of Hog Hill. 
It was abandoned in 1811, The second structure was 
dedicated in 1813, and continued in use until the erection 
of the present church on Haddam Neck in 1874. 

In conclusion, we have numbered many noble and 
good men and women, among whom were Deacons Ezra 
Brainerd and Edward Root, and Almira P. Brainerd. If 
you have any like the last named, thank God for it, and 
aid such for good. 



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Rev. WILLIAM J. TATE 

SOMEWHERE we have read of a little village nest- 
ling among the hills of Switzerland, which had no 
special charm nor beauty of its own. But once in each 
day, for a few minutes in every twenty-four hours, the 
little town was transfigured, and kirk and manse and 
humble cottage alike were bathed in the sunglow. So 
we come to-day to this loved church and see her aglow 
in radiant beauty. 

These two hundred years of her life, how glorious 
in spiritual significance, each filled with fragrance of 
sacrifice, as the alabaster box of old, very precious ; each 
also of these silent years speaking to us of the change- 
less Christ, who was present at the founding of this 
church, and who is with her on this bicentennial day. It 
gives me very great pleasure, in behalf of the Higganum 
church, which, about two miles away, as a city which 
cannot be hid, rises up, mother, to call thee blessed; 
to extend her felicitations and gratulations to the Had- 
dam church, now completing two hundred years of life 
and service for our common Master. 

We congratulate you for your past; for the noble 
cloud of witnesses to the faith in Jesus, who compass 
us about as we with patience run the race that is set 
before us ; for your past achievements ; for mighty deeds 
wrought for God and with God; for souls regenerated, 
sanctified, edified, transformed by the Holy Spirit's 

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presence here. "We congratulate you on your present. 
The past is glorious. We are reaping what others have 
sown, and gathering what others have strewn. We are 
building on foundations others have laid, but the build- 
ing is still growing unto God. Jesus once said, ''Other 
men labored, and ye are entered into their labors," and 
when the day of final reward shall come, every one in his 
place — men and women, young men and maidens, and 
little children, too all who have helped to make this 
church what it is — not one of them shall fail to receive 
his own reward and crown ; and this day will mean little 
for us, unless we see that it is our present duty to 
gather up all the wealth and wisdom of the experience 
of the past and adapt it to the needs and emergencies 
of the present. Then there is the joy of the future, when 
the reaper and the sower shall alike rejoice together; 
to this joy we all look forward. 

There is coming an even more joyous jubilee, a more 
beautiful Harvest Home, a more notable feast, through 
the mercy of our Lord; and may this historic church, 
in the spirit of increasing religious interest, in present 
strength, in glowing anticipations and hopes for the 
future, move forward till all sit down at Jesus' feet. 
For the sake and in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord 
and King, tlje great Head of the church, for the sake 
and in memory of the loved ones who have gone before, 
let us each consecrate himself to the service of our 
King. God guide and help you ; God bring us all at last 
to the eternal joy of those who sow and those who reap. 



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EEV. ELEAZEE MAY 

Rev. THEODORE T. HUNGER, D.D. 

I HAVE been asked to speak on this occasion because 
my lineage connects me with the May period in your 
church history. I am the great-grandson of Eleazer May, 
who was the pastor of this church from 1756 untU his 
death in 1803. But I have a closer relation to this town 
and church than any of you are aware of. My great- 
grandfather ministered to the souls of the people in 
Haddam for forty-seven years, but my father did what 
he could for their bodies during a few years as a phy- 
sician. I confess to a keener interest in this period of 
your history than in the May period, which is farther off 
and less stirs my heart. I hope I shall not be regarded 
as trespassing on the Marsh period if I say a few words 
about my own connection with it through my parents. 

My father graduated from Yale in 1814, studied 
medicine and walked the hospital in New York for two 
years, was tutor in a private family on the Hudson for a 
year or two either before or after his medical studies, 
and then betook himself to Haddam. It is uncertain 
what led him to this place. I have in my possession a 
letter written by my grandfather, Rev. David Selden 
of Middle Haddam, to my father in 1818, in reply to 
one asking his advice as to settling in this place. My 
grandfather advised waiting and further search for an 

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opening. It was not quite a fatherly letter, but it read 
as though it might become such. My father did not 
take the ad^'ice, but came to Haddam. I suspect that a 
stronger influence emanated from the parsonage in Mid- 
dle Haddam than that of its head, and that my father 
was better content to take the risks of Haddam than 
go farther afield and lose the easy chances of extending 
his rides across the river to ^Middle Haddam And so 
love had its way then as now, and soon CjTithia Selden 
herself crossed the river, and the young doctor had no 
occasion to brave the floods and floating ice of the Con- 
necticut. It was but fair that my mother should come 
to live in Haddam. Her father had crossed the river and 
taken away as his wife Cynthia, the daughter of Mr. 
]\Iay, — an exchange that brought me into existence, 
and, after seventy years, has brought me to Haddam, 

Immediately after my parents began housekeeping, 
Kev. Mr. Marsh, who succeeded Dr. Field in 1818, be- 
came a member of their family ; and thus the young 
minister and the young doctor were under one roof. In 
my boyhood, in central New York, where my father 
emigrated a few years later, I used to hear from my 
mother many stories— chiefly humorous— of Dr. Field 
and Mr. Marsh. My grandfather and Dr. Field were 
intimate friends, and little went on in one household 
that was not known in the other. 

Besides these reminiscences that fell into my child- 
ish ears and are now somewhat faintly remembered, I 
have little knowledge of the life of my parents here 
beyond the fact that a daughter was born to them, and 
that the physician was himself seized with a fever for 
which neither his medicines nor the tears of his wife 
availed. It was a contagious and widely spread disease, 

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and "was known as the Western fever. Its symptoms 
were great restlessness and discontent, which increased 
until the patient emigrated toward the setting sun. 
Hence, though descended on both sides from seven gen- 
erations of Connecticut people, and probably connected 
with half the families in tliis part of the State, I was 
born in central New York, where, in a region that yielded 
three tons of hay to the acre, and all crops in proportion, 
and there is not a stone that a stout boy could not lift, I 
was taught by my mother that IMiddle Haddam was a 
paradise,— and so I believed until I saw it. But it is a 
paradise, and so is Haddam, but not for farmers. My 
mother used to quote a saying of some one of the Darts or 
Strongs or Brainerds of the parish, that "Middle Had- 
dam land was like self-righteousness : the more you have 
of it the poorer you are." But my grandfather was not 
a respecter of proverbs, except those of Solomon, and he 
added land to land until his farm stretched from the 
road a mile away to the river. He died rich in quarries 
—unworked— sufficient to rebuild Nineveh. And there 
they are still, adorning a landscape that is indeed a 
paradise, but not a garden. 

I must linger a little longer on this period of your 
history, in order to bring out a phase of it that may 
escape other speakers. It seems that in 1820 there ex- 
isted in Haddam a "Young Men's Bible and Missionary 
Society." A full history of this society is given in 
the thorough and able "Historical Sketch" of this 
church (pages 45, 46) by Mr. Lewis. It appears that it 
was first formed as "The Haddam Bible Society," Feb- 
ruary 15, 1819, at the house of General John Brainerd. 
Mr. Selden Huntington, a double cousin of my mother, 
was chosen president, and my father secretary. At the 

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first annual meeting, a month later, "it was voted that 
when twenty members shall add to their subscriptions 
fifty cents each, this society shall become a Bible and 
Missionary Society." 

Eighty years ago, my father delivered the annual ad- 
dress on its second anniversary. To show how he could 
rise above the physician (for Haddam seems to have 
been a provokingly healthy place), he began his ad- 
dress by saying that since the establishment of the 
society (two years), *'a holy Providence has not per- 
mitted its ranks to be broken by death," Think of a 
physician saying that, unless he had been remarkably 
fortunate in his cases ! The address was one that Mr. 
Lewis would find appropriate if he should read it to- 
day, the only question being: Is there in Haddam a 
Young Men's Bible and Missionary Society? The ad- 
dress is profoundly religious, and breathes the utmost 
sincerity, and yet neither he nor my mother was yet a 
member of the church. 

I have with me another address delivered by him at 
a meeting of ' ' The Literary Society of Haddam ' * on the 
evening of January 1, 1819. It appears that at this 
time there existed in Haddam **A Young Men's Bible 
and Missionary Society" and a "Literary Society." 
The town was rich indeed in what is best. How much 
of it was due to Mr. Marsh I do not know; but as the 
pastor and the doctor were under the same roof, and 
one had unbounded energy, and the other probably con- 
siderable leisure, they cooperated in creating these soci- 
eties. This address is most significant. It is a simple 
and graphic unfolding of the brevity and uncertainty 
of human life, closing with a solemn appeal to pre- 
pare for death and the judgment. And yet my father 

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was not a member of the church. What renders this still 
more strange is that he speaks of ''the outpouring of 
the Holy Spirit upon us, the stately goings of the Al- 
mighty have been seen in these streets, the stubborn and 
rebellious heart has been subdued, the voice of joy and 
praise has been heard from the mouth of new-born 
souls. ' ' He, however, was not one of them. Such a fact as 
this discloses a not infrequent condition at that time. My 
father had undergone a soul-searching experience in 
Yale College, but had not come out into the light. I 
think it probable that, not feeling the joy, he doubted 
the reality of his experience. Perhaps he doubted his 
election. Dr. Field, in his "History of the Towns of 
Haddam and East Haddam" (page 40), says that in 
these towns "God has usually taken his elect here and 
brought them singly into Zion," and that the great 
revival "produced no extensive effects." Hence, many 
questioned their election and stayed without the church 
who were, perhaps, as conscientious and devout as those 
within it. However it may be, my parents, notwith- 
standing their training and the usual influences about 
them, deemed themselves unconverted until, in a new 
country where their responsibilities were more weighty, 
and with children about them, they saw and felt duty 
in a new way. 

But I pass to the May period, which is the subject 
assigned to me. 

It would help me greatly if I could find something 
more to say of my ancestor than is to be found in the 
history of the town by Dr. Field, and by Mr. Lewis in 
his sketch of the church. I once asked Professor Park 
how he could find enough in the life of Dr. Emmons to 
make so large a book upon him. The professor laughed 

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and said, "When Dr. Pierce of Brookline was returning 
from the funeral of Dr. Emmons, his horse ran away 
and the chaise was broken by collision with a tree. If 
I had found anything equally exciting in the life of 
Emmons I would have hailed it with delight." But 
Professor Park, in lack of interesting features in Dr. 
Emmons 's history, made much of the ' ' Moodus Noises, ' ' 
near which, if not into which, Emmons was born, and 
ascribed something of his theology to their effect on the 
mind of the growing boy,— not a wholly wrong conclu- 
sion when we consider the nature of the theology. I 
have not even the ''Moodus Noises" to help me out in 
describing the life of my ancestor. I feel sure that he 
was a man of good character and respectable ability, 
or Dr. Field would have stated it; for when a pastor 
who came under his notice was lacking in these qualities, 
it was set down with great plainness of speech, 

I see no way to make a history of him except to build 
it out of his lineage and some slight traditions, — as 
exegetes do when they can find nothing else to say about 
a Bible character. 

Fortunately, there is a May Book, of a very superior 
order. It begins with John May, born in Sussex in 1590, 
and traces his lineage and their affiliations down to 1878, 
through so many thousand persons and families that 
they embrace a large proportion of the population of 
New England. John May, a shipmaster, having made 
several voyages between London and Boston, finally 
settled in Roxbury in 1640. Eliot, the Apostle, in whose 
lineage I am proud to count myself, says of his (May's) 
wife, ''Sister Mayes died a very gracious and savory 
Christian," 

A grandson, Hezekiah, came to Wethersfield in 1696, 

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and was made deacon of the clmrch there. His grandson 
was the father of Eleazer May, who was born in 1733. 
And now legend and conjecture must take the place of 
history. It is necessary to connect young Eleazer in 
some way with Lebanon. TrumbuU the artist, in his 
autobiography, speaks of a school kept in that place as 
the best in New England, and that it drew pupils from 
the West India Islands and the South and New Eng- 
land and other northern colonies. It is possible that 
Eleazer was sent there to prepare for college. A more 
romantic and better founded way of getting him to 
Lebanon— the home of Sibyl Huntington— is through 
the family tradition that in the romantic period of his 
youth he chanced to see on sale— in Hartford, probably 
—some paintings by this young woman. They were 
so beautiful that he vowed his willingness to fall in 
love with the artist, if he should ever meet her. Either 
before or after his graduation at Yale in 1752, he ap- 
pears in Lebanon— perhaps preached in the pulpit there, 
when painter and preacher met and yielded to mutual 
charms and in due time were married. 

I confess to a deeper interest in my feminine ancestor 
than in her husband, notwithstanding the fact that he 
carried his parish through the Revolution, and built 
a meeting-house and— greatest achievement of all— in- 
troduced a new hymn-book into the service of the church. 
I am of the opinion that the wife should share his honors. 
When a pastor serves a church for forty-seven years, 
and weathers all the storms, and keeps the love and 
respect of the parish all through, it is safe to set down 
three quarters of it to the wife. Tradition is not at 
fault in presenting her as a highly educated and accom- 
plished lady, with a very special talent for painting. 

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It is handed down in our families that she gave early 
lessons to young Trumhull, and taught him how to mix 
his colors and prepare his canvas. There is some doubt 
as to this tradition, though it was repeated to me by 
my mother. Sibyl Huntington was born in 1734, and 
Trumbull in 1756, when Sibyl was twenty-two years of 
age. She was married in 1754— two years before Trum- 
bull was born. It is possible, however, that in her visits 
to Lebanon during Trumbull's youthhood, she may have 
inducted him into his art. I confess that probability 
inclines in this direction, especially as there was intimacy 
between the families of Jonathan Trumbull and Cap- 
tain Samuel Huntington. Besides, the tradition hardly 
could exist without some fact behind it. 

I am not aware that any specimens of her art are stUl 
in existence. There is, however, a tradition that in the 
old red parsonage there was a painted panel in the 
"keeping-room" on which was depicted a hunting-scene 
by the hand of the young mistress. But house and panel 
have disappeared, the hunting-scene is long since gone, 
and there is no record or sign of Sibyl Huntington, wife 
of Eleazer May, save the ever increasing descendants of 
their ten children, who soon began to fill the red par- 
sonage.^ The best token of their bringing up is the fact 
that the shortest-lived died at forty, and their ages aver- 
aged seventy-four years. The four boys and six girls 
all married, and how many Mays and Arnolds and 
Dwights and Seldens and Fullers and Townsends and 
"Wellses and Robinsons and Houses and Sages and Brain- 
erds and Whites sprang from them is partially indicated 
by Mr. John May's book. 

It is not to be expected that I should enter into the 

1 Since reading this paper I have learned that the panel is stUl preserved by 
Mrs. Huntington in Higganum. 

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details of Mr. May's ministry. They are, at the best, 
meager; and, such as they are, they have been set down 
in the very thorough ''Historical Sketch" by Mr. Lewis. 
There you will find how many children were baptized 
in the long ministry — almost a thousand; how many 
were received into the church, two hundred and thirty- 
nine, or about five a year. If the rate seems small, the 
times must be taken into account. There were years, 
during the Revolution and long after, when a pastor 
did well if he could keep together those already in the 
church. 

Of the preaching of Mr. May I can say nothing au- 
thoritatively. If his sermons were of the length of 
those of his son-in-law, Rev. David Selden— my grand- 
father — I can give you ocular proof that they were 
short, for here are three of them. I have all my life been 
faithfully urged (but without effect) to preach shorter 
sermons. Evidently, heredity in this matter does not 
cover one descendant. These sermons would require 
about twenty minutes, if moderately delivered. If the 
writer was well up in his theology, as I think he was, 
an hour was about all that would be required for their 
writing, to shift the kaleidoscope and bring out the 
proper doctrinal result under the text. I have no reason 
to think that Mr. May's sermons were longer or differ- 
ently constructed. I wish to speak with all respect of 
my revered ancestors, but I am inclined to think that 
so far as the writing of sermons was concerned, they had 
a very easy time of it. I am also disposed to think 
that in this brevity they were shrewder than we have 
been apt to think. They preached short sermons, they 
were orthodox, and why should they not have lived on in 
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ordained? What fault could be found with ministers 
so considerate of their flocks, and so careful of the 
doctrines as to refrain from saying too much about 
them? 

I would not intimate that they were idle. On the 
contrary, I think they were quite as busy as their modern 
successors who live in their studies, and take ten news- 
papers and six magazines, and read a new book every 
week, and go to the city or into the country on Monday, 
and lecture as often as they are asked, and belong to 
three or four clubs, and take the lead in all the organ- 
izations of their parishes, besides doing a good deal of 
outside work. It was not this kind of work that kept 
our forefathers in the ministry busy. They stayed at 
home and took care of their parishes ; that is, they shep- 
herded them, watched over them as a flock, looked after 
them singly, as need required. I doubt if there was 
man, woman, or child in Haddam that Mr. May did not 
know through and through ; nor a household that did not 
frequently receive him, and undergo or enjoy his inqui- 
ries into their spiritual condition, and receive his advice 
or benediction. And what he was to the family, he was to 
the schools, and to the town in all its public affairs. 
That he kept his parish forty-seven years, and died 
honored and loved by all, is a testimony that allows no 
blemish to rest on his memory, and that certifies to a 
life of laborious fidelity to his high calling. This thing 
is to be said about the ministers of those days : they were 
pastors of the Standing Order, and they knew it,— knew 
its dignities and its duties. 

If I were to summarize the life of Mr. May, I should 
say that its chief work lay in the fact that he carried 
his parish safely, not to say stroiigly, through the Revo- 

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lution. The pastors who stayed at home and kept their 
flocks together and shared their poverty, as Mr, May did, 
rendered quite as great service to the country as those 
who went to the war. The churches were not only de- 
pleted in membership and resources, but during the war 
and long after they suffered a defection from the faith 
and a low state of religion, due to the wave of French 
infidelity that swept over the country. Mr. May, it ap- 
pears, held up his church and carried it through with- 
out other loss than financial weakness. 

Another achievement was in building a new church, 
and another in revolutionizing the service of song by in- 
troducing Watts 's Hymns and dropping the lining off 
the Psalms. To live through building a church and 
avoid the darts of disturbed musical sensibility are 
triumphs for a minister then and now. 

We look at the career of Mr. May at a hundred years' 
distance. It is like looking at a mountain twenty miles 
away. There is much that we cannot see, rough places 
and smooth, hidden ravines and bold projections. We 
cannot see these features of it, but we see the whole 
mountain, its majestic height, its place in the broad 
general landscape, the soft and blended lights that in- 
fold it, its dignity and its solemn beauty. So, I think, 
we look upon this venerable man we have been con- 
sidering. There is not a great deal we know about him ; 
he is too far off; but we see in him the unquestioned 
figure of a Puritan minister of the Colonial period; 
well-born, well-educated in the humanities and in his 
profession, wed to a beautiful and accomplished wife, 
the father of ten children who bore in life the impress 
of their training ; a clerical citizen, who put the strength 
of his life— a sacred and uplifting influence— into a 

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half-century of the history of this town, unambitious, 
contented, magnifying his office, satisfied to do the 
work committed to him, and leaving a memory which 
no written or printed line and tradition left in the 
air touches with blame or disrespect. On a funeral piece 
wrought in silk by his granddaughter, my mother, is the 
inscription : 

The sweet remembrance of the just 
Shall flourish when they sleep in dust. 

To-day, we fulfil the tender words, and pay honor 
and gratitude and love and reverence to the memory 
of Eleazer May. 



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Rev. EVERETT E. LEWIS 

THE first great revivals in the history of the church 
occurred during the third half-century, especially 
in connection with the ministry of Dr. Marsh, which 
began in 1818. "We therefore designate this period as 
the revival era. 

Spiritual awakenings preceded and have followed this 
earliest, powerful, and wide-spread work of grace, but, 
measured by the extent of its influence, by the manifold 
increase of the membership of the church, and by the 
potent impulse given to religious activities, no other 
half-century is as interesting and fruitful. 

Dr. Fisk, in his ** Handbook of Eevivals, " divides 
the modern era into five periods. The first and second of 
his divisions precede the birth of this church. The third 
period, 1730-1750, covers the labors of John Wesley 
and Jonathan Edwards, who were both born in 1703, 
and also of Charles "Wesley and George "Whitefield. In 
1734, the revival first manifested its power in North- 
ampton, where Edwards estimated that during six 
months three hundred were hopefully converted. The 
interest spread rapidly to other towns. 

Rev. Phineas Fiske and Rev, Aaron Cleveland were 
the pastors here during those years. Mr. Fiske died 
while the movement was yet in its infancy; yet, from 
the fact that the two following pastorates were short and 
broken, we have some reason for thinking that the 
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growth of the church in the first fifty years was chiefly 
under his leadership, as it certainly was in the third 
half-century under Dr. Marsh, whose pastorate was also 
followed by frequent changes. The membership in 1700 
did not probably exceed thirty-five, while in 1756 it had 
risen to one hundred. So marked a change points to the 
existence of the evangelistic spirit and to special seasons 
of religious interest. Mr, Cleveland sympathized heart- 
ily with the revival spirit and movement. He is one 
of the twenty-three, including the famous preacher 
and evangelist Joseph Bellamy, who earnestly protest 
against legislation hostile to revivals. 

During Mr, May's long ministry we reach the fourth, 
according to Dr. Fisk, of the revival eras, extending from 
1792 to 1842, GrifSn, Backus, Dwight, Emmons, and 
especially Nettleton and Lyman Beecher, two mighty 
champions in the battles of the Lord, are upon the stage, 

Dr, Griffin says: "In 1792 began the unbroken series 
of American revivals ; in November, the first that I had 
the privilege of witnessing showed itself on the borders 
of East Haddam and Lyme, which apparently brought 
one hundred souls to Christ," At this date, Mr, May 
was approaching the end of his extended and able min- 
istry. His health was feeble. Other causes also united 
to delay any decisive revival movement for a score of 
years. Six, however, of the forty-seven years of his un- 
tiring service are noted as specially fruitful. 

In 1804, the first year of Dr. Field's ministry, there 
is a steady inflow of communicants on fourteen different 
occasions, amounting in all to forty-five, of whom all 
but five came on confession. It was a good year and 
prophetic of larger harvests. One of the number was 
Stephen Tibbals, from whose generous interest in the 

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church came, July 3, 1836, "a silver tankard, costing 
one hundred dollars, for sacramental use," which still, 
on each returning communion, bears silent witness to 
"his attachment to the ordinances of Christ." 

Again, in 1809, twenty-four names are added to the 
roll, and in 1810 thirty-one, the additions being gradual 
and revealing a healthful spiritual condition, but not 
giving promise of any wide-spread revival awakening 
either in the church or in the community. Among these 
additions are the names of Deacon Ezra Kelsey and his 
wife Sally Hubbard, whose son kindly sends us for this 
occasion a letter replete with pleasant reminiscence, 
of Rev. David Pratt, of Rev. Eleazer Brainerd, and of 
many others whose memory our older people delight to 
recall. 

For a general quickening, pervading the town, we 
wait for the coming of Rev. John Marsh, son of Dr. 
Marsh of Wethersfield, a graduate of Yale at sixteen 
years of age, and a teacher for several years, who came 
here in 1818, at the age of thirty, well equipped for a 
ministry of great evangelical power. He was excep- 
tionally persuasive in address, earnest, aggressive, hop- 
ing great things and daring the same. From one hun- 
dred members in 1756, to one hundred and nine at the 
coming of Dr. Field in 1804, and to one hundred and 
sixty-five at his dismissal in 1818, the revivals of the 
following ten years swelled the enrolment to over three 
hundred and sixty, and gave enduring impulse to every 
form of Christian activity. 

Dr. Marsh's ministry opened auspiciously. The first 
of June he was in the pulpit. By the fifteenth of De- 
cember, the date of his ordination, very great results had 
already been accomplished. Isaac Parsons of East Had- 

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dam, just beginning his forty years' pastorate, and 
under whose leadership eight revivals enriched the sis- 
ter church in numbers and in devotion, in giving to 
Mr. Marsh the right hand of fellowship, earnestly con- 
gratulated him on the bright outlook for the immediate 
future. Mr. Marsh himself was aflame with expecta- 
tion, from what he had already witnessed of the "won- 
derful operations of the Word and the Spirit." The 
following extracts from a long letter,^ written by him 
to Dr. Field soon after the awakening appeared with 
marvelous power, are of exceeding interest, both as giv- 
ing a vivid account of the origin and development of the 
revival, and especially as indicating the methods em- 
ployed for increasing its influence. It seemed to start 
of itself, heaven-sent and sustained, at a time when 
the church was listening to candidates, of whom Mr. 
Marsh chanced to be one. In preaching, the most alarm- 
ing truths were presented and yielded the best re- 
sults. The use made of neighboring pastors and 
of district gatherings is also noteworthy. A strong 
point, always emphasized by Mr. Moody, is equally ac- 
centuated in the intense solicitude of Christians for the 
conversion of their friends. The recent conversion of 
two "important young men in the street" is spoken 
of with great satisfaction, and illustrates a type of ex- 
perience far more common at that time than now. 
One was "at rest under inability and election, but the 
Lord showed him his sinfulness and took away all his 
excuses, so that he was a very distressed man for the 
three days before he became, we trust, a new one." 

1 This letter was copied from the origc- Hartford. Special acknowledgment is 

inal, which was found among the manu- here made of many favors received 

script papers of Dr. Field preserved in through the kindness of Mr. Bates, the 

the library of the Historical Society at librarian. 

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A sister's great solicitude for his conversion had much 
exercised the other, "He has scarcely eaten a full meal 
for six weeks, and worked exceeding hard to make him- 
self better, and, to use his own expression, meant to get 
religion without letting people know it. But his distress 
was so great on our day of Fasting and Prayer that he 
could not sing. It broke the pride of his heart and he 
gave himself up to Christ." The royal tribute of the 
young preacher to the pastor so recently dismissed is as 
complimentary to the writer as to his honored prede- 
cessor. Few ministers, indeed, have an opportunity 
to write such a letter, reporting one hundred conversions 
only two months later than their first appearance in a 
pulpit as candidates for settlement. Its date is August 
10, 1818. 

I believe I came to Haddam soon after you left. My first Sab- 
bath was 7 of June, but I did not remain here that week. The 
next Sabbath I perceived what was unknown to me before (for 
I was as ignorant of Haddam as of Chilicothe), the revival be- 
coming deep & indeed bursting out in almost aU parts of the place. 

Since that period to the present time, it has been uniformly 
great. The number who have obtained hope is about 100. Many 
cases have been deeply interesting. Some families have been 
as distressed as at the loss of a relative. Esteeming it important, 
our meetings have been abundant & I believe to the satisfaction 
of the people, so that they have felt no disposition to go after 
other teachers. In 58 days I have preached 56 times. Besides, 
we have had preaching from Mess. Hotchkiss, Parsons, Jun. & sr., 
Hovey, Beardslee, Vail, Selden, sen. & jun.. Smith & Talcott. 
This might appear at first too much. It would be to the same 
people. But you know the extent of this town, that a man may 
preach every day and not go to the same school house once a 
fortnight. We have 3 meetings on the Sabbath & two on Wed- 
nesday in the meeting house. Our other meetings are at Hig- 
ganum, Candlewood Hill, Ponset, Turkey HiU & lower district 
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been no enthusiasm and, but in one instance, such distress as to 
make me stop preaching, when a young woman was carried out. 
Deep seriousness, solemnity & anxiety have always been manifest. 
I have found the most alarming truths the most useful. Sinners 
have been told with plainness that they are vessels of wrath fitted 
for destruction, that it is nothing but the pleasure of an offended 
God that keeps them out of hell, that they must immediately 
repent, yield to Christ and become holy. And against the Son 
of God & doctrines of grace there is but little cavilling. 

On Sat. afternoons the young Converts assemble together in 
Gen. Brainerd's Ballroom & I address myself to them in their 
new character. These have been very solemn and useful meetings. 
Such as are anxious come in & some members of the church. They 
love to sing "Blessed be the tie that binds our hearts in Chris- 
tian love. ' ' And often do they say, O, that Mr. Field could look 
upon us in this room & this character,— how it would rejoice his 
heart. 

And here, Brother Field, is the blessed fruit of your labour. 
O, had the people been poorly indoctrinated, what evils would 
have accompanied the blessed work. You sowed a great deal of 
good seed, which is now springing up & will bear I trust an hun- 
dred fold. You laid a broad & strong foundation to a building 
which is now agoing up with shoutings, "Grace, grace unto it." 
The people probably estimate your labours tenfold more than 
they ever did before; speak of them constantly; your faithful- 
ness & their inattention, your plain exhibition of truth & their 
blindness, stupidity, madness, folly. And I am persuaded it 
would cheer your heart much, while wandering through the wil- 
derness, did you know the affection they bear you, and the uni- 
form manner in which they all now criminate themselves for 
loving you no more and profiting so little under your faithful 
ministrations. Strange are the events of Providence, but God 's 
will be done. 

On Friday last we had a day of Fasting & Prayer, and a solemn 
season it was. But little work was done. The meeting house 
was full, and we had a most solemn assembly. Old Mr, Parsons 
preached in the morning, I in the afternoon & evening. You were 
then specially remembered & often are, in our addresses at the 
throne of grace. 

There has been but little opposition. What has existed has 

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nearly subsided. There has been on the minds of many an un- 
common solicitude for relatives and sinners. There is a prayer 
meeting every Sunday noon. The Females are about forming 
a Missionary Society. 

You must pray for your old people. They will give you such a 
welcome when you come back as you little expected when you left. 
Yours Sincerely in the bonds of Christ, 

John Marsh, Jr. 

The interest deepened as the weeks went on, and just 
a month from his ordination, on January 17, the church 
welcomed to its fellowship, chiefly from the young, 
seventy- four communicants. Each following month of 
the year, except September and November, the number 
was enlarged; and January 1, 1820, the membership 
was more than seventy per cent, larger than it was 
when the pastor was inducted into office. Dr. Marsh 
always acted on the assurance that it was not he and his 
people who were waiting for the Lord to convert men 
in his own good time and way, but that the Lord was 
waiting for them to put in the sickle of an abundant 
harvest. Four more revival years followed before Dr. 
Marsh listened to the urgent call to become the agent 
of the American Temperance Union, and his people with 
great reluctance acceded to his request, April 1, 1833. 
He writes to the church, "Our union for fourteen years 
has been to me exceedingly pleasant, ' ' and is able to add, 
"On most of you I am permitted to look as the seals 
of my ministry." Five revivals had greatly changed 
the community. In 1821, beginning with February, there 
were confessions of faith for eight successive months, 
making a total of forty-seven for the year. Three years 
later, this experience was again repeated, with fifty-three 
accessions, giving an increase in four years of an even 

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one hundred. In 1831, likewise, not less than a score 
of precious souls were added to the church. But three 
years earlier, in 1828, the most remarkable of this 
fruitful series of revivals swept through the town, add- 
ing one hundred and four names to this church, and 
many to the other communions. Rev. Simon Shailer, 
the pastor of the Baptist church, estimated the number 
of genuine converts through the town to be between two 
and three hundred. Dr. Marsh wrote exultingly of 
this extended triumph of the truth, "Within ten years 
three hundred and twenty-nine have dedicated their 
service to the Lord," a yearly average of thirty- three, 
adding, ' ' These revivals have been still and solemn, and 
have in each case more and more impressed us with the 
truth that revivals of religion are the foundation of 
Zion's prosperity." Victoriously, indeed, was this the 
revival era of our history. To those marvelous spiritual 
awakenings we trace the most potent and holiest influ- 
ences that have wrought for righteousness, sobriety, and 
peace. 

The Sunday-school and the Bible Society, both started 
in immediate connection with the large ingathering to 
the church in 1819 ; the foreign missionary interest, 
which first appeared in 1812, when the Middlesex Aux- 
iliary to the American Board was organized, but was 
greatly increased during the revival years; the temper- 
ance movement, in which service the young pastor was 
to become an influential actor; these, and other social 
and spiritual blessings of lasting advantage to the 
church, are all greatly indebted to the revival spirit. 

One lingers lovingly over the pages of names in the 
records of Dr. Marsh, so suggestive of youthful conse- 
cration to the Master, and of self-denying, enduring ser- 

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vice for the welfare of his church; names of the young 
they were, but to us they are the names with family 
histories woven into the fabric of social development, 
and also, for the majority, names of the redeemed tri- 
imiphant who have passed one by one into the solemn 
silence beyond which are the joyful reunions. 

At the opening of the present pastorate on January 1, 
1872, only four names of 1819 remained on the roll, and 
of the nearly four hundred received into the fellowship 
of the church in connection with the five large revivals 
under Dr. Marsh, all but twenty-eight had either taken 
letters to other churches or joined the church above. The 
latest to unite with the church of these twenty-eight 
was Rev. Daniel Clark Tyler, who is now living at the 
advanced age of ninety-two, too feeble to send either 
reminiscences or greetings for this occasion, and who 
supplied the pulpit in the old meeting house for a few 
months after Dr. Field departed to Higganum; whose 
father was Moses Tyler, first on the records of additions 
by Dr. Marsh, as the son was the last by confession; 
the Moses Tyler of the grist-mill at the creek, and em- 
phatically of prayer-meetings at Turkey Hill, Shailer- 
ville, Tylerville, and every place, private or public, near 
or far, where one could be found or created; a humble 
man of the revival spirit, and leaving to his son Daniel 
Clark, and to his church a priceless inheritance of 
Christian consecration and zeal. 

Next before Mr. Tyler on the 1872 list of members 
stand the names of two others, whose memory is very 
precious to the church by reason of long and faithful 
services, united with a charming Christian fellowship 
and friendsliip. Their son bears the father's name, Cy- 
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tribute of love to the memory of the beloved father and 
mother, desiring also to make the worship of the sanctu- 
ary of his parents' praises and prayers richer and more 
inspiring, donates to the church on its two hundredth 
anniversary this beautifully finished and sweet-toned 
organ. Mr. Brainerd, with characteristic modesty, denies 
us the privilege of acknowledging, with formal address, 
this gift of love; but his filial affection encourages us, 
I am confident, to speak with appreciative recollection 
the name Cyprian Strong Brainerd, Deacon, enrolled for 
that office and filling it worthily till his death in 1880, 
for thirty- four full years of loyal service, and also serv- 
ing for a long term as the successful leader of the choir, 
and the name also of his faithful wife, Florilla Hull,— 
1831 names they both are. How we should enjoy hav- 
ing the deacon stand up here to-day, with his choir, and 
sing, as of old, with strong, resonant voice and reverent, 
joyful face! We trust he is invisibly present, and— 
to our ears inaudibly — joining in these anniversary 
hymns of victory. 

Three names earlier on the list of twenty-eight is that 
of Rev. Davis S. Brainerd, thirty-four years the honored 
pastor at Old Lyme, whose brother Samuel made just 
one exception to regularly taking a long church nap, and 
that was when Davis, his pride and favorite, occupied the 
pulpit by exchange. Mr. Brainerd was present at my 
ordination with fatherly greeting and benediction of 
blessing. Four years later, the senior brother, then in 
his eightieth year, was welcomed to the fellowship of the 
church. Then, too, these other honored names deserve 
more than simply repeating : Deacon George S. Brainerd, 
Deacon Oliver P. Smith, Ansel Brainerd and wife, Eze- 
kiel Clark, Mrs. Hannah Emmons, Mrs. Smith Ventres, 

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who, if now living, would be just one hundred years of 
age, and, most wonderful to relate, our beloved "Aunt 
Larissa" Shailer, who is praying to witness one more 
revival before her translation, already seventy-six years 
and a half confessing Jesus on earth in the communion 
of this church ; bright, serene, contented, happy, radiant 
with spiritual sunshine in face, words, and spirit, whose 
one hundredth birthday we celebrated September 21, 
with religious services at her home, recalling her en- 
thusiastic affirmation that prayer-meetings tired her 
never. Such are a few of the choice treasures of the 
third decade of the revival era. 

There are other songs of revival rejoicings as the 
half-century draws to a close. One name from the forty 
additions of 1841 still remains on the roll, two from the 
revival of 1846, and one entered in 1847. These five- 
Miss Shailer, Mrs. Rogers, Miss Mary E. Brainerd, Miss 
Mary Kelsey, and Miss Catharine Cook — are our present 
members of more than half a century. Miss Cook 's name 
is the last on the list of those uniting with the church 
prior to the removal to this house of worship in Novem- 
ber, 1847. 

The old meeting house justly claims recognition in 
speaking of these great revivals. It stood a few rods 
to the north of the present parsonage, and gives its name 
to the adjoining park, Meeting-House Green, the smaller 
of the two parks generously given to the town by four of 
the eminent sons of Dr. Field on the seventy-fifth anni- 
versary, in 1878, of his marriage to Submit Dickinson 
of Somers, as a memorial of the honored father and 
mother whose influence is so vitally and enduringly a 
part of our history. For more than three fourths of 
a century it sheltered this church. From its pulpit, 

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four of the most eminent of its pastors fed the flock: 
Mr. May for thirty-two years ; Dr. Field for twenty-one ; 
Dr. Marsh for fourteen; and Dr. Clark for three years. 
Mr. Cook was the pastor when the farewell sermon was 
preached and this house welcomed the church to its at- 
tractive and convenient arrangements for Christian wor- 
ship. Mr. May had preached the dedicatory sermon at 
the old church, October 24, 1771, taking as his theme 
the prophetic message, ''The spiritual presence of the 
Lord Jesus Christ in his house of worship its greatest 
glory, and what ought most earnestly to be sought after." 
Sixteen revivals hallow its memory with ingatherings 
of grace. The records show that more than one half, 
or fifty-eight per cent, of the entire enrolment of the 
church, on confession of faith, since 1756, with peni- 
tent spirit and consecrating vows entered through 
its aisles into fellowship with the saved. It was a 
plain building, having no tower, no bell, no carpets, 
no stoves for many years, and very little interior 
adornment. "I remember it well," said Rev. Charles 
Nichols, eight years a pastor at Higgauum, in a remi- 
niscent letter, ''with its square pews, its spacious gal- 
leries, its two rows of windows, and its high pulpit. 
How homely to modern taste, and yet what glory of the 
grace of God was at times seen there in making lost 
sinners see the adorable wonders of the love of God in 
Christ." What exultant experiences swelled the hearts 
of pastor and people, of young and old, on those mem- 
orable occasions, "days never to be forgotten," of larg- 
est revival ingatherings, the recitals of heaven alone can 
portray. Mrs. Hemans's lines on an old English church, 
with the change of only a name, vividly utter our 
thought by repeating the cherished impressions ever 

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associated with the meeting house at whose altar for 
two generations the fathers dedicated themselves and 
their children to the Lord. 

It stood alone 
In gracious sanctity. The air was fraught 
With noble memories, whispering many a thought 
Of Saddam's fathers: lofty and serene, 
They that had toiled, watched, struggled, to secure 
Within such fabrics, worship, free and pure. 
Reigned there, the o 'ershadowing spirits of the scene. 



Victoriously the fathers, lofty and serene, reign here 
on this day of days, ''the o 'ershadowing spirits" of this 
scene, where children, themselves venerable, and chil- 
dren's children, gather to pay exultant tribute to noble 
memories and renew the pledge that worship, free and 
pure, shall ceaselessly remain the priceless boon of cen- 
turies yet unborn. 

Our present house of worship has inherited the bless- 
ing of the past, and been the home of gracious revivals. 
Its erection was closely connected with the organization 
of the Higganum church. May 14, 1844. From that 
date the religious influence flowing from the Congrega- 
tional fellowship west of the river divides into two 
streams, nearly equal at the first, but changes in the pop- 
ulation have greatly favored, during recent years, the 
much larger increase of the daughter church. Plans for 
the new house were considered in 1845, but final action 
as to the site was not taken till 1847, the corner-stone 
being laid June 21. At its dedication, November 3, 1847, 
Dr. Marsh preached on the theme, ''The dedication of a 
house of God an occasion of great joy," and Mr. Cook 
ofi^ered the prayer of consecration. A brief report of 

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the exercises closed by saying, "Several anthems were 
sung by a large choir in superior style. The house is 
one of much beauty and the prospects of the church 
are now of an encouraging character," 

Three settled pastors have occupied the pulpit for 
fifty of the fifty-three years since the removal from the 
old house: Mr. Cook continuing five years, Mr. "Wright 
doing royal service for the sixteen years that closed with 
his translation, January 18, 1871, and the present pas- 
torate commencing with December of that year. Six 
revivals have awakened glad songs of praise within 
these walls. In 1853, during Mr. Colton's short acting 
pastorate of less than two years, thirty-five were added 
to our communion. Mr. Wright rejoiced to welcome 
in 1858, a memorable year of revivals, thirteen, and again 
in 1866 nineteen, and in 1870, the last year of his min- 
istry, ten more were enrolled. The revival of 1876 added 
forty on confession of their faith, the membership of 
the church reaching, January 1, 1877, one hundred and 
fifty, its highest enrolment since the division of the 
church in 1844. Again, in 1897, the community was un- 
usually moved and twenty names were added to the 
list of communicants. "We crave no larger blessing for 
the coming years than the continuance of the revival 
spirit in this house of prayer, with an ever-deepening 
and expanding influence. A few remain who in early 
youth worshipped in the older sanctuary ; but to most of 
us this house is an inheritance from the fathers, the 
scene of our deepest religious experiences, the place 
of uplifting Christian fellowship, where thoughts of 
truth and love have banished doubts and fears, where 
heaven has seemed very near and we have had visions 
of the exalted Christ,— the house 

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Our fathers built to God,— 

Here holy thoughts a light have shed 

From many a radiant face, 

And prayers of tender hope have spread 

A perfume through the place. 

They live with God, their homes are dust, 

But here their children pray, 

And in this lifetime trust 

To find the narrow way. 

From the mountain peak of two centuries we look 
back for an hour, and then, wiser and stronger for what 
we have learned of achievement, we face the new, those 
greater, grander centuries of the final triumph of the 
kingdom of God, with the prayer that he will make us 
faithful and grant to our beloved church the yet larger 
and more rewarding spiritual harvests of the millen- 
nial day. 



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Rev. AMOS S. CHESEBROUGH, D. D. 

New Hartford, Conn., October 10, 1900. 
Eev. E. E. Lewis. 

My dear Brother: It is with deep regret that I feel obliged 
to decline your invitation to participate personally in the ap- 
proaching bicentenary of the First Church of Haddam. The 
best I can do is to send you a few 

REMINISCENCES 

which, if your Committee deem them worthy of the occasion, you 
are at liberty to make use of at your discretion. 

My acquaintance with this church dates back to the year 1841, 
the first year of my ministry in the adjacent parish of Chester. 
Coming, as I did, directly from the theological school, a young 
man, a stranger in these parts, it was very gratifying to receive 
marked attention from Dr. David D. Field, who was then the 
Pastor. He made an early call upon me, invited me to his house, 
requested my assistance in reading the proof of a publication 
which he was then editing, and proposed an exchange of pulpits. 
At my ordination he gave the charge, and from him I learned 
many lessons of great value to me in my ministerial life. 

Dr. Field was a strong man, both in body and mind, — about 
sixty years old when I first knew him. In person he was of me- 
dium height, squarely and solidly built. He was not mincing or 
hesitating in his gait or action, but moved as if he had important 
business in hand, — some purpose to accomplish; and in speaking 
he was clean cut and positive, seldom appealing to the feelings. 
He was a graduate of Yale College in the class of 1802, and was 
ordained and installed as the Pastor of this church in 1804, which 
office he held for fourteen years. During the succeeding eighteen 
years, he ministered to the Congregational Church of Stockbridge, 

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Mass., and then sought and obtained a resettlement in this his for- 
mer sphere of labor. Here he filled out seven more years in the 
pastorate, at the expiration of which, in 1844, he received his dis- 
mission. 

Dr. Field was a scholarly man in his tastes and attainments, 
and was the father of more brains in his children than any man 
I ever knew, except, possibly. Dr. Lyman Beecher. As an au- 
thority on questions of Congregational polity, in his day, he had 
few equals. In theology he may be classed as a moderate New 
England Calvinist, with a large charity for aU disciples of the 
Lord Jesus Christ. He was the author of a very valuable history 
of Middlesex County, in gathering material for which he made 
the acquaintance of the leading families in the several towns, 
among which he always met with cordial entertainment in his 
excursions. 

The education of the young ever elicited from him an active 
interest, and, if I am not mistaken, it was owing largely to his 
influence and counsel that the fund was given for the establishment 
of the Brainerd Academy. It was a noble purpose which prompted 
the Brainerd brothers to contribute so generously for this object. 
In its early history there was a promise that the institution would 
prove to be an invaluable success in furnishing to the young people 
of Haddam the opportunity for the pursuit of more advanced 
courses of study than were afforded by the common school. It 
happened during the first or second year of my ministry in Chester, 
that an urgent request came to me to take charge of the school 
for a week or two, as Mr. Snow, the principal, was necessarily 
absent, by reason of sickness, at his home in Massachusetts. Com- 
plying with the request, I found the school well filled and in ex- 
cellent condition; and I greatly enjoyed my brief pedagogical 
experience. Several years afterward, the attendance began to 
dwindle by reason of the suspension of work in the quarries and 
shipyards and the growth of Higganum as a new and flourishing 
center of population and business. Thus, unfortunately, Brainerd 
Academy, like many other academies in the country towns, has 
been superseded by a few more heavily funded institutions, and 
by the high schools of the cities, to which our recent railroad fa- 
cilities afford cheap and ready access. Notwithstanding this 
decline, however, the founders of Brainerd Academy deserve to be 
remembered with gratitude and honor for their generous purpose. 
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During the interval which elapsed between the dismission of 
Dr. Field and the settlement of another Pastor, there was a 
revival, in which I was called to assist the minister who was in 
temporary charge. There were some cases of awakening of con- 
siderable interest. 

In 1846, Mr. Elisha W. Cook, who graduated at Yale in the 
class of 1837, two years after my own graduation, received 
and accepted a caU to the pastorate of this church. In his 
ordination and installation it was my privilege to take part. 
Having had some previous acquaintance with Mr. Cook in New 
Haven, I anticipated for him an efficient and successful ministry; 
and, so far as I know, my anticipations were realized. I am sure 
that he enjoyed the confidence and respect of his ministerial 
brethren. 

In the second year of Mr. Cook 's ministry, if I am not mistaken, 
this house of worship was erected and consecrated. It was a 
memorable event, the change from the old sanctuary to the new. 
The former was an antiquated structure, in shape nearly square, 
and of dimensions large enough to accommodate the town at the 
time when there were no other places of worship. Doubtless, when 
built, it was consecrated to God and the town, and like most of the 
old meeting-houses, it was designed, in part, for town meetings. 
The building had little of architectural ornament without and 
within, one of those buildings which irreverent persons were ac- 
customed to designate ''the Lord's barns." When first erected, 
I was told the pews in the audience-room were all square, so that 
a portion of the congregation sat with their backs to the preacher, 
and some sideways. But at the time I first preached in the house, 
none of the square pews remained, excepting those adjoining the 
sides of the building. On first entering the high pulpit, and 
looking up to the lofty gallery, and down upon the sparse con- 
gregation, I found it difficult to adjust myself to the peculiarity 
of the situation. But, as the service proceeded, I found myself 
agreeably affected by the serious and venerable look of things; 
and ever afterward, on learning the history of the house— how 
many scenes of spiritual quickening it had vdtnessed, and how 
many souls had within its walls recorded their vows of consecra- 
tion to Christ, I felt it to be a privilege to stand in the sacred 
pulpit and echo the teachings of the good men who in the past 
had there held forth the Word of Ufe. 

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But the days of the old structure were numbered. It was be- 
coming dilapidated and beyond repair. The dying out and re- 
n.oval of the old fa m ilies, and the opening of other places of 
worship was reducing the congregation, so that the house was 
disproportionately large for the need. The proprieties and ne- 
cessities of the case demanded a new and more compact and 
more attractive house of worship. Nothing else and nothing less 
was to be thought of; for the people had a mind to work, and rose 
resolutely and unitedly to the occasion. I cannot, at the distance 
of more than fifty years, recall the particulars of the service of 
the Dedication. But I remember that it was a feast of gladness, 
that the seats were filled to their capacity by the people of this 
community and delegations from the neighboring parishes. And 
a hush of deep and tender seriousness fell upon the assembly 
Avhen this pulpit, this communion-table, these seats, and these walls 
were solemnly dedicated to Almighty God, the Father, the Son, 
and the Holy Ghost. 

As my intercourse with the members of this church was limited 
to pulpifc exchanges with your minister, and to occasional public 
meetings, I had small opportunity for forming familiar acquain- 
tance with individuals, though I was on speaking terms with many. 
Permit me, however, to specify three or four who occupy a choice 
place in my memory. One of these is Deacon George S. Brainerd, 
who seemed to me to be a man of soUd worth — a pillar in the 
church, giving to it his steadfast and generous support. Another, 
worthy of special mention, is Deacon Cyprian S. Brainerd, who, 
although he resided on the east side of the river, was seldom 
deterred by storm or ice from filling his place in the choir and 
the Sunday-school. The last time I saw him, he was a mourner 
over the sudden death by pulmonary hemorrhage of a promising 
son. I might name also Samuel R. Brainerd, in whose Christian 
home I was most pleasantly entertained with bed and board dur- 
ing my brief term of teaching in the Academy. Not to yield to 
the temptation to extend this specification further, I only name 
Doctor Hutchinson, whom I counted as an intimate friend, both 
while he was a resident here and in Cromwell. I always had a 
high regard for him and for members of his family as intelligent 
and zealous supporters of the Church of Christ. 

And now, my brother, in bringing these reminiscences to a close, 
permit me to congratulate you, that you have had the honor and 

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the privilege of ministering to this venerable church so happily 
for more than a quarter of a century. And, through you, I would 
congratulate the church, so dear to me by reason of the memories 
which it revives, on reaching its two hundredth birthday, in a 
condition of vigorous health and unshrinking courage. When 
Methusaleh was two hundred years old, he was yet in his young 
manhood. But before he arrived at his thousandth year, he died 
of old age. But this church, so long as it continues to be a true 
church of Jesus Christ, is instinct with a divine life which for- 
bids it to grow old, and annuls its subjection to death, as long 
as there are human beings inhabiting these hills and valleys who 
are to be saved. From aU I know of this church or learn about 
it, it was never younger than it is to-day. Though by reason 
of unavoidable causes, it is weaker as to numbers than formerly, 
that furnishes no proof of weakness in spiritual power and 
fruitfulness. It is often the ease that our larger and wealthier 
churches are the feebler ones. Where God works in and with a 
church, units count for hundreds. And it deserves to be remem- 
bered, that, though six or seven generations have succeeded one an- 
other in the membership, this is the same church that was founded 
by the fathers and mothers who here first took upon themselves 
vows of loyalty to Christ, and it inherits the fullness of the ances- 
tral blessing. If this inheritance shall be handed down to the suc- 
ceeding generations, then the promise will be fulfilled that 
"they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength." 
Their youth will be continually renewed like the eagles. 
Yours in the Fellowship of the Church, 

Amos S. Chesebrough. 



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THE PASTORATE OF THE REV. 
JAMES L. WRIGHT 

Rev. SILAS W. ROBBINS 

Pastor of the Congregational Chnrcli, North Haven, 1852-1856 
First Congregational Church, East Haddam, 1856-1871 
First Congregational Church, Manchester, 1871-1891 

DEAR Brethren and Friends : It is not possible for 
me fully to express the pleasure I have in sharing 
with you the common interest of this great occasion while 
we are living for a little time in the light of other days, 
I may be permitted to say that whenever I look back 
upon the past with a disposition to magnify my record, 
to persuade myself that, after all, I have been somewhat 
of a man in the world, I love to recall the fact that at one 
time in my life I was the minister of this historic and 
honored church. Your records may not show it; never- 
theless, it is true that for some four or five months in 
1852, I was privileged to occupy this pulpit, having my 
Sabbath home in the family of Dr, Ira Hutchinson, that 
noble man who might have been a grand minister after 
the type of Dr. Field, if he had not been a grand 
physician— a man of large intelligence, quick and ac- 
curate judgment of men and things, who could read 
human character as clearly as he could read the con- 
dition of the human body, and withal kindly, sympa- 
thetic, and communicative— just the man for a young 
minister to be acquainted with. And to have had such 

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acquaintance was a valuable supplement to a theological 
course. 

I feel, therefore, that I owe much to this church. 
First, because of the inspiration, the impulses that I 
here gathered in the early days, so that when, after the 
four years of my pastorate in North Haven, I came to be 
a pastor in East Haddam, I had only to look across the 
river to be assured that I had friends near by. 

Again, I owe much to this church because, if there had 
been no church in Haddam there would have been no 
church in East Haddam, and I should have missed fif- 
teen years of delightful service there— this according 
to the principle of Father Gavazzi, who, when visiting 
this country thirty years ago, was accustomed to say to 
his audiences, speaking of Italy and Columbus, ''Had 
it not been for Colmnbus I might now be addressing an 
assembly of wild Indians." 

And again, I owe a debt to this church, because it 
brought to me the knowledge of such men as David Dud- 
ley Field, John Marsh, and James L. Wright, as well as 
my beloved brother, who so long and so worthily has 
stood in this royal line. I shall never forget one red-let- 
ter day, the Sabbath which Dr. Field spent with me in 
1857. He was on one of those visits he so delighted to 
make to the scenes of his early labors. He preached three 
times to my people, and during his stay entertained me 
richly from his abundant knowledge of men and events 
which have distinguished this locality. Especially did he 
never seem to tire of speaking of the great ability and 
high character of David Brainerd. 

But the one man with whom I entered into closest 
relationship was Mr. Wright. He came in 1855, I in 
1856 ; and we were side by side in labor, sympathy, and 

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growing friendship till his work was done. The last 
service which I conducted in this church was in mem- 
ory of him. And when, a few weeks later, I left my 
parish for another, it was easier to go because he had 
gone. 

There were noble men in the Middlesex Association, 
whose names are honored and whose works live after 
them— Nichols, Beach, Bell, Doolittle, Wickes, Baird, 
Gallup, McCall, Hillard, Brainerd, Burr ^— Burr who 
was, who is, and long may his "sun be hanging in the 
west," while the people rejoice in its light. In Middle- 
town, not then annexed, were Jeremiah Taylor and John 
L. Dudley, whose ability and fraternal sympathy were 
greatly prized. 

We were then in the first decade of this great half- 
century so soon to close. And though the elements abroad 
are astir to-day and we stand paralyzed before events 
that are transpiring, hardly realizing that the things 
are so, yet fifty years ago opposing elements were astir 
in this home-land, stupendous issues waiting their de- 
cision, and a mighty conflict impending, compared with 
which in duration, in magnitude, in cost, and in results, 
the recent war with Spain was hardly more than a 
sham fight. 

Probably there has never been a period in the coun- 
try's history when its intellect and heart were brought 
into more strenuous exercise than during the years be- 
tween 1850 and 1865. Mr. Wright came just as the fires 
of the Fremont campaign were kindling. Then followed 
the four years of agitation during Mr. Buchanan's ad- 
ministration, and then the four dark, terrible years of 
the Civil War. 

1 Dr. E. F. Burr celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his settlement 
at Lyme, October 3, 1900 

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And it is not to be forgotten that the sentiment in 
favor of temperance reform had never been more thor- 
oughly aroused than at the opening of this half-century. 
The Maine prohibitory law had been hailed as a rising 
star of hope. Other States followed its course till the 
great State of New York gave the indorsement of its 
example. And we cannot tell how much would have been 
permanently accomplished for this cause had not the 
greater agitation for the saving of the Union absorbed 
the attention and effort of the people. 

Now it may be remembered by some that the elements 
of opposition were nowhere in the State stronger than 
in the communities along this valley. Not that many 
were opposed to temperance, not that anybody advocated 
slavery. But it is hard for the ardent members of a dom- 
inant political party to surrender the conditions needful 
to its ascendancy. 

Now these were times when it was fortunate for this 
church to have in its pulpit a man — a man of strong in- 
tellect and great heart, of quick discernment and accu- 
rate judgment; a man gentle, patient, determined, true 
to his own ideas of right, yet respectful toward other 
people's ideas ; a man who could deal with opposers with- 
out bitterness, and hold the respect even of those whom 
he did not win. 

I am safe in saying, I think, that in those years of 
agitation there was no failure of spiritual life in the 
churches. At least I know how the ministers felt. The 
political questions might even be called religious. The 
earnest preliminary discussions were such as to quicken 
the moral sense. And in the stern stress of the war, 
the anguish of the bitter years, men were crying, "How 
long, Lord, how long ! ' ' 

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The year 1858 was a year of memorable revival. The 
work began in East Haddam the year preceding. The 
whole town was moved by the Spirit's influence as it had 
not been since 1824. Seventy-nine members were added 
to the Congregational church. The following year, the 
churches this side the river were visited and the re- 
viving power was felt far and wide in the land. Other 
occasions of rejoicing in spiritual growth came with 
succeeding years. 

The pastor of this church was made glad by these 
visitations, and the demands they made upon him were 
his opportunity. For every department of parish work 
he was indeed abundantly fitted. He was an adminis- 
trator, a counselor, a comforter. In all perplexing con- 
ditions that arose, he carried a warm heart, a clear head, 
a steady hand. And yet, I always think of him first 
as a preacher of the truth — not in the sense of being 
a light in a great city drawing the crowd, but as one 
thoroughly grasping the truth and so presenting it to 
others that they would see it and be made better by it. 
He had been a teacher for a time before taldng up the du- 
ties of a parish, and he was skilled in the art of imparting 
knowledge. When I knew him once preparing a hand- 
book in mental philosophy for the instruction of his 
children, I was sure he could prepare one in natural 
science, in language, or in history as well. But I knew 
that the study of the human mind was his peculiar de- 
light ; and so, when he stood in the pulpit, his great joy 
was to reach men with the truth of God. 

He himself had been instructed, as most of the min- 
isters in the Association at the time had been, by that 
eminent teacher. Dr. Nathaniel W. Taylor. And Tay- 
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well characterized as common sense applied to theology. 
The day had gone by when the attention of the people 
was taken up by the efforts of the pulpit to reconcile 
the inconsistencies of the so-called Calvinistic teaching. 
If such inconsistencies had been accepted on the plea 
that there must be mysteries in theology, Dr. Taylor 
said, "Yes, mysteries, but must there be nonsense in 
theology?" And he protested that the cry of mystery 
should never be raised as a cloak for absurdity. 

Verily, it was the clearness of his own thought, the 
just application of the specific truths in specific cases, 
which his hearers needed to know and feel and practise, 
that made Mr. Wright so edifying a preacher. The 
truth, vital in his own experience, became vital in other 
souls. Thus he called men to repentance. Thus he fed 
the flock of God, If any among his hearers were bowed 
under the weight of sin, perplexed over questions of 
doctrine and duty, troubled to understand their spir- 
itual condition, like Bunyan grievously * ' tumbled up and 
down in their minds," he was a teacher to clarify their 
views of truth, to lead them to the simplicity of faith, 
the joy of an immortal hope. 

Some matters are discussed in these days, with refer- 
ence to our Christian faith, which had little attention 
forty years ago. Mr. "Wright, were he now here, would 
doubtless treat these discussions with due respect, for 
he was a progressive man, while nothing would deter 
him from the present imperative duty to proclaim the 
truth as it is in Jesus. Even then he was accustomed to 
say, "We must leave some things to the scholars; we 
have not time for everything. We must take results 
from those who have time and facilities for complete 
investigation." Yet one thing is sure: no discussion or 

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speculation about the Scriptures would lead him to 
miss the priceless treasures they contain. 

We take the grain from the fields, the timber from the 
forests, the granite and marble from the quarries, the 
gold and the silver from the mines, regardless of the 
question how old the earth is, by what long and varied 
processes it has come to its present state, how deep 
down we must penetrate to reach the molten mass 
within, or whether or not it be solid all the way through. 
The theories of the geologists can never make the earth 
other than it is. So with the sacred Book. It is here, 
it is ours. All the studies of the critics cannot make the 
Bible other than it is. They may tell us something about 
its origin which we have not known. They may help us 
to a clearer understanding and a more profitable use 
of its contents. But the more we know, the more shall 
we be sure that the Word of God abideth forever. And 
so we say to the honest investigator, go on with your re- 
searches; tell us what you know, and what you do not 
know keep to yourself, while the church goes on praying 
and singing as our fathers sang : 

How precious is the Book divine 

By inspiration given, 
Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine 

To guide our souls to Heaven. 

The time permits me not to say more. WTien all is 
said that one might say, still one feels that all is not 
said. To know Mr. Wright was to know him as his 
people knew him who heard the word from his lips, who 
welcomed him to their homes, who saw his devotion to 
all that made for the prosperity of the community, and 
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his benediction. It was to know him as his brethren 
knew him when they met to counsel together and to pray 
for the welfare of the churches. Even now I seem to 
hear his voice as I recall the sermon he preached at the 
Consociation in Essex in 1857, from the text (Phil, iv: 3), 
"Help those women which laboured with me in the 
gospel ' ' — a sermon on true cooperation in Christian ser- 
vice which went to all our hearts. 

It remains for me only to congratulate this church 
yet once more on his efficient ministry — that he came 
when he did, that he stayed as long as he did, and that 
''being dead he yet speaketh." 

Allow me to repeat the closing paragraph of the 
discourse given in this church a few weeks after his 
decease: "With our tribute to this devoted pastor we 
record an expression of sympathy for the people whom 
he served so faithfully, giving to them the strength of his 
best days. May this ancient church be early blessed 
with another as worthy of a place in the succession of its 
honored ministry as was he who has now finished his 
course." And now, dear friends, looking back along 
the years which have passed since that day, I rejoice 
with you in the signal proof they have given that God 
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MINER C. HAZEN, M.D. 

EMERSON says, there is no history, it is all biog- 
raphy. Carlyle says, the history of the world 
is the biography of its great men. So the history of Had- 
dam for two hundred and thirty-eight years is not so 
much the record of the changes that have come over the 
face of the township; for, aside from the clearing of 
the forests and cultivating the soil, there is not so 
much of change to note, and little we would wish 
to change. The same majestic river winds through this 
picturesque valley among these beautiful hills, but all 
these were here before the white man took possession, 
and were a source of pleasure and inspiration to 

The poor Indian, whose untutored mind 

Sees God in clouds and hears him in the wind. 

It is not the river that flows on forever, but the men 
who have come and gone— it is what they have ac- 
complished, especially their religious work, that we 
would commemorate to-day. 

The history of the town is the history of the church, 
and the history of the church is the biographies of the 
twenty-eight men and their descendants and successors 
who settled here in 1662, and honored God's law in 
establishing and maintaining the religious worship in 
the plantation. 

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My pleasant duty it is to speak of the deacons who for 
the past two centuries have served this church. Of these 
twenty-seven deacons, five are living: twenty-two have 
passed to the other side. The oldest of these was Dea- 
con Elisha Cone, who died at the age of ninety and 
nine years and six months; the youngest, Deacon Fiske 
Brainerd, who died at the age of forty-three, after a 
service of four months. Their average age was about 
seventy-four years. This would seem to indicate that the 
deacon lives beyond the average of human life. The 
ninety-first Psalm is the deacon's Psalm. "He that 
dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide 
under the shadow of the Almighty. With long life will 
I satisfy him, and show him my salvation." These 
Hurs, who sustain the hands of the weary pastor ; these 
armor-bearers, like the first patriarch, are also blessed 
in their families. Of Abraham it was said, * ' For I know 
him that he will teach his household and his children 
after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord to do 
justice and judgment." Please note the quality of the 
deacon's sons in this list. 

The date of appointment of the first four deacons of 
this church is not known. The first was Deacon Daniel 
Brainerd, the proprietor. He was the ancestor of 
all the large family of this name in this country. He 
came to Hartford from England when he was eight 
years old, and from there to Haddam when he was about 
twenty-one years old, and became a prosperous and in- 
fluential citizen. He was the largest landholder in the 
plantation, owning, besides other properties, nearly all 
of what is now the thriving village of Higganum. He 
married Hannah Spencer of Lynn, Mass., by whom he 
had eight children, seven sons and one daughter. He 

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died April 1, 1715, at the age of seventy-four. His 
monument, a plain, brown-stone slab, is in the old bury- 
ing-ground, and is the oldest in town, save one, that of a 
man from Chester who died in 1711. Dr. Field, early in 
this century, estimated the Brainerd family at three 
thousand. By this time they must be like the sands of the 
sea, and among them, living and dead, are many emi- 
nent names from all walks of life. Of the twenty-seven 
deacons of the church, nine have been Brainerds. Dea- 
con James, the fourth deacon, was the second son of 
Deacon Daniel; Deacon Elijah was the seventh deacon, 
and a grandson of Deacon Daniel ; and Deacon Hezekiah 
was a son of Hezekiah, the seventh son of Daniel Brain- 
erd, and the eighth deacon of the church. Nor is this all : 
Deacon Daniel Brainerd 's first son, Daniel junior, was 
deacon of the East Haddam church, besides which, Oliver 
P. Smith, the twenty-first deacon, was half Brainerd. 
We now have the Brainerd blood in the wives of Deacon 
Rogers and Deacon Odber, and in the veins of our junior 
deacon is the same blue blood. Deacon Joseph Arnold 
was the son of Joseph, an original settler. 

Deacon Thomas Brooks, the son of Thomas, an original 
settler, a blacksmith, had an only son Thomas, who was 
the fifth deacon, and he lived in the old red house which 
used to stand near the present house of Cephas Brainerd. 
Deacon Brooks sold this property to Rev. Eleazer May. 

Elisha Cone was ordained as deacon in 1742. He lived 
to the great age of ninety-nine and a half years, and 
served the church sixty-seven years— ''and he died." 

Rev. Thomas Robbins of Norfolk supplied the pulpit 
in Haddam about 1802-1803, and after the death of 
Rev. Mr. May received an urgent invitation to become 
their pastor, which he declined. He kept a diary which 

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has been published, of which a copy is in the State Li- 
brary. Under date August 3, 1803, he notes: "Saw 
Deacon Cone of this town mowing. He is nearly ninety- 
four years old, and has been an ordained deacon sixty 
years. Visited a school. Read the Bible. " 

Deacon Elijah Brainerd, son of Elijah, son of Deacon 
Daniel the first, was in office from July 12, 1759, until 
his death. May 9, 1764, at the age of fifty-eight. 

Colonel Hezekiah Brainerd was the son of Hon. 
Hezekiah, who was a prominent public man (Colonel 
Hezekiah was also brother of David and John Brainerd, 
the eminent missionaries to the Indians). He was Town 
Clerk, Justice of the Peace, and a colonel of militia. 
His wife was Mary Fiske, the daughter of Rev. Phineas 
Fiske. A son of Hezekiah was a noted physician, emi- 
nent as an inoculator for smallpox. He had a "pock- 
house" a mile west of his residence, by the woods near 
Niggertown. He was Judge of the Court of Common 
Pleas. The widow of Dr. Hezekiah Brainerd left a be- 
quest of $500 to the church. Deacon Hezekiah died De- 
cember 14, 1774, aged sixty-seven. 

Deacon Joseph Smith was the grandson of Simon, a 
first settler, and served eighteen years. 

Deacon Nehemiah Brainerd, second, was a graduate 
of Yale. He was a grandson of Hon. Hezekiah, and son 
of Rev. Nehemiah, and was prominent in public afllairs, 
Clerk of the Town, Justice of the Peace, and representa- 
tive to the General Assembly of the State. He was dea- 
con sixteen years, and died in 1807, at the age of sixty- 
six. 

Eliakim Brainerd was a captain of militia, and in ser- 
vice of the government in the Revolutionary War. He 
was deacon from 1784 until 1806. His death, at eighty- 

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three, occurred in 1815. He was the great-grandfather 
of Cephas Brainerd, our presiding officer to-day. 

Jonathan Huntington was ordained deacon in April, 
1806, and served in the old church thirty-eight years un- 
til the church at Higganum was organized in 1844. He 
was appointed deacon in the new church and served until 
his death, September 2, 1848, at the age of seventy-eight. 
Deacon Huntington was a man of medium height, erect 
and stout. He was a graduate of Yale, engaged in mer- 
cantile business as well as agriculture. He was an im- 
portant man in matters of the town, and repeatedly 
representative to the legislature. He was a member 
of the convention that formed the State Constitution in 
1818. He was a specimen Puritan, grave and severe in 
demeanor, a man of dignity and character. He was first, 
last, and all the time a warm friend of his pastors, Drs. 
Marsh and Field. The latter, though of the same general 
make up, dignified and severe, enjoyed humor, and would 
indulge in a hearty laugh when occasion compelled it. 
On one occasion, at an after-dinner interview at the 
house of Deacon Huntington, David and Jonathan were 
communing together, and at some remark made by the 
deacon, the doctor laughed very loudly. The deacon 
said to him, ' ' Dr. Field, it is undignified for you to laugh 
so loudly." Dr. Field then laughed louder than before, 
in which the good Deacon Jonathan was obliged to join — 
but David exceeded. Deacon Huntington was the first 
superintendent of the first Sabbath-school, organized by 
Dr. Marsh in 1819. 

Deacon David Hubbard lived in the Ponset district. 
From 1806 to 1836 he was associated with Deacon Hunt- 
ington. He died at the age of eighty-seven. 

Deacon James Walkley of Walkley Hill was in service 
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from 1819 to 1839— twenty years. He was a diligent, 
prosperous business man, a man of peace. He was the 
father of Selden and James C. Walkley, two well-known 
and useful business men. His only daughter was the 
wife of Rev. James Noyes, of blessed memory. 

Deacon Fiske Brainerd served from February 5 to 
June 5, 1826, a period of four months. He died at the 
age of forty-three. He was a son of Deacon Nehemiah, 
and a brother of General John and Nehemiah, who es- 
tablished "Brainerd Academy" and gave a large sum 
for the support of the church. 

Asa Young was the successor of Deacon Fiske Brain- 
erd, and was deacon from 1826 to 1836, when he removed 
to Michigan, or, as records say, to Munson, 0. He lived 
by the river in a white house where may still be seen 
an old cellar. A building used as a dwelling later and 
recently torn down, called the "White House," was 
formerly Deacon Young's shop, where he made blocks 
and other articles of furniture for vessels that were built 
near by. Deacon Young was a genial, social man, and, 
though diligent in business, never so hurried that he 
could not stop to listen to or tell a story. He died at 
the age of eighty. 

Deacon George Smith Brainerd was ordained to office 
March 5, 1841, together with Benjamin Hopkins Catlin, 
M.D., and Comfort Cone. 

Deacon Catlin served one year and four months, when 
he removed to Meriden, where he continued to fill the 
office of deacon in the First Congregational church of 
that place until his death in 1875 in his seventy-ninth 
year. 

Deacon Comfort Cone served this church three years, 

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until he removed to Higganum, where he was deacon 
until his death in 1875. I remember him as an amiable, 
courteous old gentleman, always inclined to charity. 

George S. Brainerd, or Deacon George, as he was 
called, was a quiet man, positive in his convictions, of 
sterling integrity and excellent judgment. He was a 
loyal supporter of the church in its financial and spir- 
itual concerns. He was always present at public Sab- 
bath worship, prayer-meetings, and in Sabbath-school 
as superintendent or teacher, ready to serve in any place. 
I remember his large class of young ladies in the north- 
west corner. Steadily he worked at it; — to a looker-on 
it seemed as if it must be rather dull, but the interest 
was steady and continuous. He told me not long before 
his death that he had reason to believe his whole class had 
become Christians. Besides farming. Deacon Brainerd 
was in early life engaged in quarrying, and was the 
first to refuse to furnish his men intoxicating liquors. 
When I first came to Haddam, forty years ago, the two 
deacons were Deacon George and Deacon Cyprian S. 
Brainerd. This noble pair were faithful and strong 
men, not alike at all, but one seemed to supply what the 
other might lack, and in their long service together 
everything was harmonious. Deacon George S. Brainerd 
died suddenly, January 27, 1872, aged eighty. 

Cyprian Strong Brainerd was a tall man of graceful 
presence and pleasing address. In early years he was a 
teacher in the public schools, having taught in Higga- 
num, Portland, and other places. Later he was engaged 
in quarrying with his brothers, furnishing stone for New 
York, New Orleans, and other cities, and for heavy 
masonry at Fort Schuyler, Fort Hamilton, Governor's 

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Island, Fort Pulaski, and other fortifications. This 
brought him into contact with prominent army men. 
Among them he used to mention General (then Colonel) 
J. K. F. Mansfield, and General (then Major) Robert 
E. Lee, as being gentlemen with whom it was pleasant 
to do business. Deacon Brainerd was quite an enthusi- 
ast in the practical study of astronomy, and was familiar 
with the constellations, the fixed stars, the planets and 
their motions. 

He was one of the original trustees of Brainerd Acad- 
emy, and the last survivor of the old board. He was for 
many years the efficient superintendent of the Sabbath- 
school, in which he took a great interest. For more than 
forty years he was the leader of the choir, and a most 
efficient chorister. He was a sweet singer and a general 
favorite with the choir, and the old gallery used to be 
filled with fine singers. Prompt and punctual, Mary 
Brainerd always presided at the instrument, performing 
with such grace, devotion, and with such skilful touch, 
as to make music that lifted the heart to sublime and 
devout praise. Deacon Brainerd only wanted a pipe- 
organ to make him content. How much he knows 
now of what is transpiring among us we do not say, 
we do not know, but if he is aware of this fine instru- 
ment, the gift of his son, Cyprian S. Brainerd, Jr., as 
a memorial of the father and mother, he must regard 
this act of filial piety with the greatest satisfaction and 
delight. However that may be, it will bring to the mind 
of this appreciative people these old, tried friends, and 
will cause the name of parents and son to be remem- 
bered by coming generations. 

Deacon Brainerd died at the house of a son in Brook- 
lyn, July 18, 1880, at the age of seventy-five. His 

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modest, faithful wife survived him and died in 1896, at 
the age of ninety. She bequeathed to the church $500. 

Oliver Phelps Smith, who died March 14, 1877, had the 
office of deacon thrust upon him. He was a modest, 
diffident man, an able, honest merchant, and universally 
esteemed. He was devout, sober, grave, temperate, sound 
in the faith, charitable, patient. At our social meetings 
he made short prayers and brief exhortations, and they 
are remembered. 

Elihu Bigelow Rogers served as deacon from 1879 to 
1881, when he resigned. He had a great affection for 
the young converts of the revival of 1876, attended their 
meetings, and afforded them much comfort and encour- 
agement. By reason of infirmities he has been con- 
fined to his house for several years past. He is eighty 
years of age. 

Arnold Hazleton Hayden was chosen deacon March 
24, 1881, and served until his resignation, May 21, 1885. 
His mother was a granddaughter of Deacon Eliakim 
Brainerd. 

Deacon John Henry Odber was appointed in 1881, 
and has earned a good degree by a faithful service of 
nineteen years. 

Miner C. Hazen, M.D., was a deacon for a total of 
about thirteen years between his first election, August 20, 
1885, and his retirement from office in 1899. 

Alpheus Williams Tyler has served the church as a 
deacon since December 20, 1893. 

Ephraim Pierson Arnold, our junior deacon, was ap- 
pointed December 20, 1899. 

Three of the deceased pastors and several deacons are 
buried in the old yard east of the court-house. I viewed 
the ground yesterday, and read these inscriptions. On 

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the monument to the second pastor, Rev. Mr. Fiske, the 
scholar and teacher, the gentle, faithful, zealous min- 
ister, and the beloved physician : 

Here lyeth 

the body of ye 

Rev. Phinehas 

Fiske. A learned faithful 

and zealoua minister of 

Jesus Christ and pastor of ye 

first Church in Haddam 

who Departed this 

Life October ye 17th 

1738 Etatis suae 56 

Adjoining is the stone of Deacon Hezekiah Brainerd, 
Dr. Fiske 's son-in-law, the brother of the great mis- 
sionary : 

In memory of 

Colonel 

Hezekiah Brainerd 

who departed this 

Life Dec. 14, a.d. 

1774 in the 67th 

year of his 

Age 

Death conquers all. 

Longfellow has better said: 

There is no death. What seems so is transition. 

This life of mortal breath 
Is but a suburb of the life Elysian, 

Whose portal we call Death. 



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Rev. DAVID B. HUBBARD 

MOSES said, "The secret things belong unto the 
Lord our God, but those things which are revealed 
belong unto us and to our children forever." I suppose 
Moses was right. But I find myself wondering where 
the fathers are, and how much they know of what is 
taking place in Haddam to-day. My grandfather and 
grandmother Brainerd, my grandfather and grand- 
mother Hubbard, my father and mother, all of them, I 
think, at one time members of this church; have they 
moved so far out into the other world, or become so ab- 
sorbed with the joys thereof as to have lost sight of 
the ups and downs, the joys and sorrows of this church, 
and of the boy who has come on this anniversary occasion 
to stand in their place? I know not; but this I know, 
that if we are in truth the children of God, somewhere 
and somehow, in the no very distant future, we shall 
meet, and "We '11 know each other there." 

Among the very first things I learned, after I was so 
kindly invited to come to the old homestead to-day and 
speak of the early missionaries of this church, was the 
fact that a niece of David Brainerd, who was the wife 
of the Rev. Thomas Minor, the ficrst and for over fifty 
years pastor of the church I am now serving, lived in 
the same house I have occupied for the last fifteen years. 
The dust of their bodies lies in the cemetery only a few 
rods from my door. 

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I think a very general impression, among our Congre- 
gational people at least, has been that the missionary 
spirit began to be felt and manifest itself about the time 
of the organization of the American Board, viz., in the 
early part of the present century; but this is a mistake. 
This work began when Christ was on earth. He said to 
his disciples, "Go ye into all the world and preach the 
gospel to every creature." And Christians have never 
wholly forgotten this command, and it is very clear that 
in the early part of Haddam's history it had unusual 
force in the minds of some of its inhabitants. 

Just above where we now are. perhaps a mile and a 
half, on the right-hand side of the road, stood a house, 
back at the first of the eighteenth century, and how long 
before I know not, in which Hezekiah Brainerd and 
his wife, formerly Mrs. Daniel Mason, of Lebanon, and 
a daughter of Rev. Jeremiah Hobart. pastor of this 
church, began housekeeping, October 1. 1707. Mr. 
Brainerd was a man of more education than those 
around him, honored and trusted in political life, and 
died in the Capitol while attending in his place as sena- 
tor, May 24. 1727. To this Hezekiah and Dorothy, his 
wife, nine children were bom — five boys and four girls : 
the first, October 26, 1708, the last, June 7. 1725. Of 
those five boys it may be said, all were honored, noble 
men. The oldest, Hezekiah, became prominent in town 
and State matters, a deacon in this church, and died at 
the age of sixty-seven. The second. Xehemiah. gradu- 
ated at Tale College, settled in the ministry at Glaston- 
bury in 1740, and died in 1742. The fifth son and 
youngest child. Israel, entered Yale College, evidently 
with the purpose of fitting himself for the ministry, 
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dying of a nervous fever, January 6, 1748. The third 
and fourth sons, Da\'id and John, are the ones with 
whom I have principally to do on this occasion. 

Da^-id was born April 20, 1718. Nine years later, his 
father died, and his mother died when he was but four- 
teen years old. Thus orphaned, he was cared for by 
Christian friends in East Haddam until he was nine- 
teen. Then for about a year he seems to have labored 
on a farm in Durham, his portion or a part of his portion 
of his father's large estate. In April. 1738, he came to 
the house of Rev. Phineas Fiske, pastor of this church, 
evidently for the purpose of fitting for college. In the 
October following, Mr. Fiske died. He then studied 
with his brother Nehemiah. His training here with 'Mr. 
Fiske was of an ascetic nature, he being advised "wholly 
to abandon young company and associate himself wholly 
with grave, elderly people," which counsel he followed, 
in my judgment greatly to his detriment physically and 
spiritually. David Brainerd did not need that kind of 
counsel. Weak physically, naturally inclined to seclu- 
sion and gloomy forebodings, he should have had the 
brightest pictures and the richest promises of God's love 
continually before him. As it was, we find him from 
the first to the very last of his religious life wearing 
himself out with cares and burdens he ought to have cast 
upon the Lord. His manner of life while with Mr. Fiske, 
and some months after, he says, "was now wholly regu- 
lar and full of religion, such as it was; for I read my 
Bible twice thi'ough in less than a year, spent much time 
every day in prayer and other sacred duties, gave great 
attention to the preached word, and endeavored to my 
utmost to retain it; in short, I had a very good outside 
and rested entirely on my duties, though I was insensi- 

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ble of it. ' ' But with these exercises he was not content. 
Who could be? He experienced nothing from which 
he could venture to hope that he was a child of God, until 
Sabbath evening, July 12, 1739. Then, a little more 
than twenty-one years old, he was attempting to pray 
in a discouraged state of mind, as if there was nothing 
in heaven or earth that could make him happy, when 
''The glory of the Lord shone," not so much "round 
him" as within him. He saw "light in God's light," 
and marvelled that he had not done so before. He says, 
' ' I felt myself in a new world, and everything about me 
appeared with a different aspect from what it was wont 
todo. " Surely he was a "new creature." But here the 
wonder begins. Read his diary and you will have the 
blues from the start almost to the finish, "A consecrated 
man," you will say, with purpose firm to serve the Lord; 
"hungering and thirsting after righteousness," while 
all the time looking backward and inward as though 
God remembered everything and laid it up against him. 
Sweet glimpses he had now and then of love and brighter 
things beyond, and these always strengthened him for 
greater strides in the heavenly race. 

After he had begun his work among the Indians, ex- 
tracts from a letter to his brother John, who was at Yale 
College, will, I think, give a fair index to his experience. 

Dear Brother: I long to see you, and to know how you fare 
in your journey through a world of inexpressible sorrow, where we 
are compassed about with vanity, confusion, and vexation of 
spirit. I am weary of life, more so, I think, than I ever was. 
The world appears to me like a huge vacuum, a vast empty 
space, whence nothing desirable or at least satisfactory can 
possibly be derived, and I long daily to die more and more to 
it, even though I obtain not that comfort from spiritual things 

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which I earnestly desire. Let us faithfully perform that busi- 
ness which is allotted to us by divine Providence, to the utmost 
of our bodily strength, and mental vigor. Death and Eternity 
are just before us; a few tossing billows more will waft us into 
the world of spirits, and, we hope, through infinite grace into 
endless pleasures and uninterrupted rest and peace. 

Brainerd gave himself wholly to convincing men of sin, 
of righteousness, and of judgment to come, and to show- 
ing them the way of life. It mattered not whether he 
was traveling by day or stopping by night, whether there 
were few or many, he seized the opportunity to converse 
with his fellow-creatures on the subject of religion. 

His principal business, however, was with the Indians. 
He began laboring at Kaunaumeek, about twenty miles 
from Stockbridge, April 1, 1743, and stayed there a year. 
Afterward, he labored at Crossweeksung, eight miles 
southeast of Trenton; then at Cranbury, about fifteen 
miles distant, until the spring of 1747. Then, a feeble 
man always, his little strength completely failed, and he 
bade farewell to the church he had formed and the In- 
dian people who had learned to love him for his works' 
sake. Slowly and painfully he made his way home, thence 
to Northampton to the house of President Edwards, 
thence to Boston, where for a time he hovered between 
life and death, finally rallying and doing much work. 
Afterward he returned to Northampton and breathed 
his life out sweetly in the home of President Edwards, 
October 9, 1747, at the age of twenty-nine. So young! 
and yet so old ! To read his diary, learn where he went, 
how he labored in weakness and in pain, and not read 
the date, you would surely say, "He must have been 
three score years and ten." 

But did he do the Indians any good ? Oh, yes ! Many 

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of them were converted; there was a powerful revival 
among them, and such as were not converted were 
brought into a much better condition for future work 
among them. 

John Brainerd, two years younger than David, gradu- 
ated at Yale in 1746. He took his brother's place among 
the Indians while his brother was sick, and after his 
brother's death, was commissioned to go on with the 
work. He continued as a missionary to the Indians until 
1777, covering a period of about thirty-one years. The 
last three years of his life he spent as pastor of the 
church in Deerfield, N. J. It is said he would have died 
with his Indian people, but war came, and a British 
army, recldess and cruel, broke in upon the field of his 
labors, and, to mark their special vengeance on the out- 
spoken and active patriotism of the pastor, burned down 
his church, and also, it is said, his dwelling. Expecting 
no mercy at the hands of British or Tories, he felt justi- 
fied in retiring until the storm was past. He died March 
18, 1781, and his ashes rest beneath the aisle of the same 
old church in which he preached the gospel. 

He is said to have been his brother's equal in piety. 
I should say his piety was of a more cheerful kind, and 
yet even here he was evidently David's brother. He 
shared, we fear, in the feeble constitution that carried 
his brother David to the grave at twenty-nine, Nehemiah 
at thirty-two, Israel at twenty-three, and his sister Je- 
rusha Spencer at thirty-four. Though he himself 
reached sixty, his whole life seems to have been a strug- 
gle with physical infirmity. 

Neither John nor David became a missionary to the 
Indians because there was nothing else for him to do. 
Both had urgent calls to prominent churches. Theo- 

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logical dandies would have said they were the ''calls of 
God." These consecrated brothers gave themselves and 
their substance to God and the red man, and at the time 
of John's death the Indian church at Brotherton em- 
braced by one account one seventh, by another one third, 
of the entire population. This is probably as large a 
proportion as is found to-day in our New England vil- 
lages. The manner of work, or style of preaching among 
the Indians, according to David's language, was "To 
lead them into a farther view of their utter undoneness 
in themselves ; the total depravity and corruption of their 
hearts; that there was no manner of goodness in them; 
no good dispositions or desires; no love to God nor de- 
light in his commands; but on the contrary, hatred, en- 
mity, and aU manner of wickedness reigned in them. 
And at the same time to open to them the glorious and 
complete remedy provided in Christ for helpless perish- 
ing sinners, and offered freely to those who have no 
goodness of their own, no works of righteousness which 
they have done, to recommend them to God." I doubt 
if there has been any improvement since upon this gen- 
eral plan for the salvation of either Indians or white 
men. 

From the position of trust John Brainerd occupied 
in connection with Princeton College, from his writings, 
such as I have been able to read, and from the testimony 
of eminent men concerning him, I judge him equal, if 
not superior, in intellect and good common sense to his 
brother David. Of both of them it should be written, 
' ' Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from hence- 
forth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from 
their labours ; and their works do follow them. ' ' 

The biographer says, "Crossweeks, Bethel, and Bro- 

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therton, like Ephesus, Antioch, and Thyatira, have lost 
the praying men and women who once dwelt there; but 
these places still constitute sacred shrines in the memory 
of the church, and by the recorded history of the holy 
men who labored in them, will to the end of time radiate 
light upon the world. Henry Martin, Carey, and many 
other missionaries, Robert Hall, Thomas Chalmers, and 
other great minds of earth, have borrowed inspiration 
and models of holy living from the lives and labors of 
the Brainerds among the pines of New Jersey." Here 
in the Haddams they speak yet. 

I was surprised to learn that they head the list of 
thirty-two ministers, possibly more, who have been 
raised up on the original territory of this town. The 
record is a good one, for it includes such names as 
Henry M. Field, D.D., Joseph Harvey, D.D., Elihu 
Spencer, D.D., H. M. Parsons, D.D., Nathaniel Emmons, 
D.D., and Edward Dorr Griffin, D.D. But this is not all, 
neither is it half. The thousands of Christians who have 
lived and are still living have had breathed into them a 
little more of the "Breath of Life," and have gone in the 
strength thereof with a little more zeal than would have 
been the case had David and John never lived. 

These men sleep, and, no one doubts, "the sleep of 
the just." White men praise and magnify their names. 
Old Haddam is glad to call them her sons, and would 
do herself honor to mark the place of their birth with 
some lasting memorial. Indians many have died who 
were taught by those apostles that there was something 
better than chasing the deer and scalping the foe, and 
who for many a long year have been having greater 
delight in the heavenly fields than they ever dreamed of 
having in their "Happy hunting-ground." No good 

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Indian except a dead Indian! The Brainerds did n't 
think so, and we would n't think so had the Indian al- 
ways been treated as he should have been, I sympathize 
with the Indian, I am told there is Indian blood in 
my veins, I don't doubt it, for I feel the blood boil, 
Indian fashion, within me when I think of the wrongs 
done that people. Had there been more Davids and 
Johns, there would have been more praying and laboring 
and saving, and less cheating and shooting and driving 
the poor red man and his squaw from the land to which 
they had the jirst and 6esi claim. 



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EVELINE WARNEE BRAINERD 

MUCH has 15een said of those who laid out the home 
lots of Haddam; little is known of those who car- 
ried on the homes. Much is told of those who preached 
on Sunday ; little of the wives who criticized the sermons 
on Saturday. Elizabeth Hobart, Mrs. Fiske, Sybil 
Huntington May, Submit Dickinson Field, Mrs. Marsh: 
these were names that in their own times meant to the 
people of our town what the names Mrs. Cook, Mrs. 
Wright, Mrs. Lewis are in the memory of those here 
to-day. 

So usual has church ownership of the manse become 
that it seems as though this had been always the cus- 
tom, and it is a surprise to find that here at least the 
possession of a minister's house by the church or eccle- 
siastical society dates back but about sixty years. This 
is the latest of three methods of providing the minister's 
home. The others, that of giving a house and lot, or 
giving settlement money wherewith the clergyman might 
purchase his home, were the arrangements belonging 
to the days of long pastorates, when the settlement was 
the commencement of a life work. 

Of the land marked off for "the minister," "the first 
minister," "the parsonage," "the parsonage forever," 
it is unlikely that any ever served for home lot. It is 
a curious and pleasant coincidence that the recent be- 
quest to this church comes from a descendant of the 

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man, Joseph Arnold, who gave part of his own home 
lot for the home of the first minister. This dwelling, 
built by the town, is the only case, till this century, of 
the public ownership of the parsonage. Mr. Willoughby 
used it probably less than two years, and the only sug- 
gestion of the home, save the fact that two little chil- 
dren, Mary and Jonathan, Jr., were therein, is gathered 
from an order in the year following his departure, that 
out of money still due Mr. Willoughby be deducted 
Goodman Whitmore's bill for "fearidge," which one 
fancies to mean the moving of the few household goods 
across the "great river." 

Mr, Willoughby 's house became the town meeting- 
place and, probably, the church for the succeeding six 
years; for, with the coming of Mr. Noyes, the town 
promised him the house and lot in case "he should see 
cause to settle with us six years from this time forward 
in the worke of the gospell," and it was ordered that 
"in case Mr. Noyes see cause to make use of the house 
or lote ... he give the town convenient warning 
before taking the house holy to himself." Mr. Noyes 
gave two years' warning, and in the meantime, perhaps, 
it was that he dwelt on a "highway on the way to the 
great hill where persons dig stones." This certainly 
sounds like the road running from the school-house to 
the quarries, and on this high land, doubtless lay Aaron 
Cleveland's lot, described eighty years later as on 
Noyes 's Hill. What was cooked in the wide fireplaces 
of the Willoughby house and the house "on the hill" 
can readily be imagined when it is known that Mr. 
Noyes 's salary came in the four forms of wheat, pease, 
pork, and Indian corn. From the records one learns 
of the land fever that curiously possessed this bachelor 
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parson, Mr. Noyes had uncleared acres given him as 
' ' freeman ' ' of the town, but he also bought, and we read 
of a home lot on the first town road and another, with a 
house upon it, lying a little north of Benjamin Kelsey's. 
The history of one piece tells with what affection he re- 
garded his parish. It was the town's gift to the first 
minister. On leaving, Mr. Noyes said he should present 
it to the first young man settled over the Haddam 
church. Thirty-two years did he hold it, till the coming 
of young Phineas Fiske. 

Kumor says that the Rev. John James was bookish, 
a statement not contradicted by the negative testimony, 
that of absence of deeds, suggesting that his tastes 
did not run with his predecessor's into real estate. The 
town offered him the house of the former minister, "the 
horshard," and pasture for one year, and the house 
was to be fitted up, and the pasture fenced as high as 
"the horshard," while he was to have the pasture-land 
or let the town improve it for him. In the spring he 
was to have twenty-two pounds and the firewood for the 
next year. 

This first parsonage had disappeared before the com- 
ing of Mr. Hobart, and the year following his arrival 
a house was built for him. The frame was to be ready 
in March, the nails in May, and three years later the 
house and land were given outright to the pastor. If 
study has not led far astray, this house stood on the 
corner lot across the turnpike from the church, now the 
Clark place. Mr. Hobart 's widow sold it to her "be- 
loved son Hezekiah Brainerd, ' ' and when he in turn sold 
it to Benjamin Smith there was reserved on the north- 
ernmost corner a place for a Sabbath house for him and 
his family and heirs forever. Fifty pounds a year in 

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provision pay had been offered as an inducement to set- 
tle, and Mr, Hobart had also what seemed to cause much 
trouble, eighty loads of wood delivered at his house 
by November tenth each year. He was an elderly man 
when he came to Haddam. One son was grown and 
away, but the little girl, Dorothy, wandered among the 
"fruit trees, fences, herbage, and waters" that the old 
deed records. In time she, a young widow, brought to 
the parsonage the little Jeremiah Mason, the grandfather 
of the renowned lawyer Jeremiah Mason, and by and 
by, when she had gone to her new home on the bend 
of the river below Higganum, the children of Hezekiah 
Brainerd must have brightened what one can but fancy 
was a sober home. 

With the church and the Hobart house together, it 
was natural that the next parsonage — that for Mr. Ho- 
bart 's assistant, Phineas Fiske— should be near. Its 
well, allowed by a town vote "provided it be kept well 
curbed, ' ' known, till recent years, as the Fiske well, lies 
on the highway, north of Mr. Rogers's place. Oppo- 
site stood the dwelling, near that of Mrs. Williams. 
Nine acres constituted the original property, but Parson 
Fiske 's orchard and barn were across the road, and 
there stood the three rows of apple trees especially men- 
tioned in the deed. The plans for the house were care- 
fully made and carried out. One town meeting was 
called "chiefly for the methodizing the building and 
finishing of Mr. Fiske 's house." Mrs. Fiske is the 
only one of the parsonage mistresses whose share in its 
management is visible to the public, but it is easy to 
imagine hers in the changes in the house plans that 
the young minister asked. The lean-to became not a mere 
lean-to, but a shed running up square as liigh as the 

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main house and a peaked roof, and an attic or loft were 
requested, all of which the town fathers "freely al- 
lowed." From the dimensions one guesses the house to 
have been of the typical style, two square front rooms, 
a small hall and stairway, with the lean-to forming the 
kitchen and pantry in the rear. There were six children 
at the parsonage, and near lived John Fiske, the clergy- 
man's brother, and a house full of cousins. There is no 
happier picture in our annals than this of the parsonage 
from 1714 to 1738. The pastor found time for tutoring, 
and two of the ministers raised by Haddam were trained 
in this study. They gained not only wisdom but wives, 
Abigail Fiske marrying Chiliab, and Elizabeth, Nehe- 
miah Brainerd. Mary, the baby who came to Haddam in 
1712, married Nehemiah's brother Hezekiah, and that 
other son of Dorothy Hobart, their brother David, came, 
in his turn, from what we call Riverside Farm, to be 
taught by that scholar and gentleman. Parson Fiske. 
He lived at the parsonage during the last year of Mr. 
Fiske 's life, and the life there, as described by his jour- 
nal, is fitly summed in that advice of the teacher to his 
pupil, "Wholly to abandon young company and asso- 
ciate himself with grave and elderly people." To us the 
further history of this house after that sad October 14, 
1738, is interesting. At first Mrs. Fiske still dwelt there, 
and the town records, with pathetic meaning underlying 
the bare words, "Paid Mrs. Fiske two pounds for en- 
tertaining Sunday ministers." The one son, Samuel, 
but recently back from Yale, lived only four years. 
Then the ownership was divided between the four 
daughters. But Elizabeth's husband died and she and 
the little Nehemiah, Jr., returned to the old home. Ne- 
hemiah in time bought the right of his aunts, and his 

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sons, whom we all know as Nehemiah and General John 
Brainerd, gave their great-grandfather's home to their 
only brother, Deacon Fiske Brainerd. 

About the time of Mr. Cleveland's settlement it was 
decided to sell the parsonage lands, as they were called. 
So Mr. Cleveland's arrangement has no mention of land, 
or house, or firewood, but only of money, of which, owing 
to the dearth of that article, he enjoyed little. He pur- 
chased several "parcells" of land, two of them having 
houses upon them, but that which legend has always 
called his dwelling stood in the **01d House Lot" at 
the top of Jail, or better, Noyes's Hill, where the roads 
from the school-house and the Red Store intersect. 
Gnarled apple trees tell that the pasture was once a home 
lot. The cellar hole is still visible, while the timbers of 
the old house now form the frame of a red barn, standing 
on what became the homestead of Parson May. 

The windows of the Cleveland house must have looked 
on a winding length of river and long wooded slopes 
encircling the village in the valley. It is one of the love- 
liest views in the region, and one would naturally draw 
an inference as to the effect of nature on the childish 
mind if dates did not, with indifference to the best the- 
ories, state that Aaron, Jr., one of Connecticut's poets, 
left Haddam at the age of two. 

Joshua Elderkin rented much of what still remained 
of the parsonage land and built a "Mansion House" on 
the east of the street, about a quarter of a mile southeast 
of the church, or near the present cemetery. It is pos- 
sible that the name, "the parsonage," which long clung 
to the lot above the "Home" where General Brainerd 
cut his stone, refers to this ownership, and research has 
verified this supposition. Mr. Elderkin 's health giving 

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way, he was forced to leave, and the sale of the dwelling 
to Samuel Clark refunded the town for its settlement 
money. 

Parson May came in two or three years, bought the 
place to the east of the Church Green of his day, and 
there built for his bride what is known in one family at 
least as the "Old Red House," It stood on the crest of 
the hill close to the present turnpike. This road was laid 
out in its later days, and Parson May's maples were set 
close against the new fence; but when the house was 
built the road ran much on a line with that to the 
present parsonage, and the red door with its white deco- 
rations looked out on a wide yard. It was a large house, 
arranged as we take it was Parson Fiske's. A house 
so full of children it proved, that one is glad for Mrs. 
Sybil when the church was built on the green before 
her door. Even with it so near, it must have been a 
task to marshal that flock at the proper moment into 
the pew that the ecclesiastical society asked her hus- 
band to choose for his family. 

On the death of Parson May came Mr. Field, with his 
young wife to the little house, torn down in recent years, 
opposite the school-house. Most of us know how it 
looked, a tiny yard separating it from the street, a hea\'y 
stone chimney peering above the short front roof, and 
within, one of the finest corner cupboards. The second 
home, the square white house, burned some years ago, 
that stood on the site of Zechariah Brainerd's dwelling, 
was built by Dr. Field. David Dudley helped in the 
moving, and later Timothy, Stephen, Jonathan, and 
Matthew ran about the street barefoot, on errands for 
their mother, just as do our boys to-day. The rows of 

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elms that make the spot, though shut from sight of the 
river, one of the prettiest in the street, were set by Mr. 
Field. 

Dr. Marsh bought the place that to the last generation 
bore his name, that opposite the May house, behind the 
old meeting-house, and to him we owe the beautiful 
elms of the green. The story of the cold water raisin' 
is too well known to be here repeated, but it seems par- 
ticularly appropriate that on Dr. Marsh's place, near 
the upper ''Sabba' day house," a spring, still famed for 
its water, was considered on Sundays the especial prop- 
erty of Dr. Marsh's flock, and the day's program had not 
been carried out till its water had been tasted. 

The ecclesiastical society hired this place for Dr. 
Marsh's successor. Dr. Clark, and also for Dr. Field on 
his return in 1837. Here those who had been children 
in the homes farther down the street, returned as men 
and women, and one of the younger. Rev. Henry M. 
Field, came to preach in his father's pulpit. Before 
this time the brothers Nehemiah and General John 
Brainerd had offered the Marsh place to the church, 
and the gift was now made. It was a large house, and 
Mr. Cook, who came here a bachelor, preferred to 
bring his bride to what was then a smaller house, now 
that of Mr. Charles T. Russell. Mr. and Mrs. Colton 
boarded in the home of the village doctor. When Mr. 
"Wright came it was decided to make a sale of all church 
property. Mr. Wright hired for a time the house then 
standing beside the court-house, before the old burying- 
yard; then the stone house; and then the ecclesiastical 
society bought the present parsonage, built by Chauncey 
Clark. There were children in this home also, one going 

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forth in '61, never to return. And in those years, under 
Mr. and Mrs. Wright, the parish learned to look on their 
new parsonage with affection ; and in the years that have 
since passed, it has been known as to-day we know it 
as the house of the beautiful flowers, the home where 
willing help and wise counsel may be had for the asking. 



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ADDEESS 

EDWARD W. HAZEN 

MR. Chairman, Brothers and Sisters: Our presi- 
dent has introduced me in connection with the 
subject "Our Young Men." As full discretion was 
given me to choose my own subject, my remarks may not 
closely follow the subject suggested. 

Most of your faces are familiar to me, and for your 
encouragement I wish to say that I am limited to about 
five or six minutes. 

Have you ever tried to recall your actions for the 
previous day? How fully have you succeeded in bring- 
ing back all the details? If you are able to remember 
one day, try to recall two, then one week, then one year. 
How much can you recall of your daily life ten years 
ago? Only the merest skeleton. But how about two 
hundred years ? All the history that we have from every 
source is only a suggestion of a very few prominent 
points — the milestones of the influence of this church 
covering over seventy-three thousand days. Think of 
the prayers, the sacrifices, and the struggles put forth 
during this time— the only record of which is on high — 
each influence still operating and reaching all over this 
country. 

Our present pastor first came here by boat (or stage) 
in September, 1871, and in January, 1872, was ordained 
in this edifice. This was just about the time the Con- 

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neetieut Valley Railroad was constructed. He came here 
in the full vigor of young manhood, and has given this 
people his love and devoted service for twenty-nin« 
years. His training and abilities fitted him for positions 
in the commercial world that command many times the 
remuneration received here, but remuneration for life's 
work does not all come upon this earth. That man is 
richest who has the greatest number of jewels in the 
crown awaiting him. 

The church membership January 1, 1872, was one 
hundred and twenty. Thirty-two of them still remain 
on the roll. During these twenty-nine years one hundred 
and ten persons have been added to the church, of which 
only fifty-nine remain, thus making the present member- 
ship ninety-one; and twenty-five of these are actually 
absentees who prefer to keep their connection here 
rather than unite with the churches where they are ac- 
tively interested. 

Those who are familiar with the history of the com- 
munity during this period will note that the member- 
ship of the church is larger to-day in proportion to the 
church-going population than in 1872. During the win- 
ter of 1875 and 1876 a revival of great power manifested 
itself, and stirred every person of mature years in 
the community. This was preceded by months of earnest 
prayer and intelligent effort by the pastor and his de- 
voted wife ; also by the handful of active workers in the 
church and Sunday-school. I remember that I person- 
ally received two very touching letters from Mrs. Lewis 
urging me to become a Christian. As a result of this 
awakening, forty-seven persons were added to the church 
roll during 1876. 

Of these forty-seven persons, I think, thirty-seven are 

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living to-day, and yet only nine are left in this commu- 
nity. Thus you see most of them are actively interested 
in church work elsewhere. Following this revival, by the 
exercise of the faculty for organization, and the won- 
derful ability to teach possessed by our pastor, the 
foundation for many useful Christian lives was laid. 
This was some time before Mr. Clark started the Chris- 
tian Endeavor movement; but, seeing the need of the 
hour, our pastor established a weekly Young People's 
Meeting for Saturday night. These meetings were so 
well sustained by the young people that often time was 
not sufficient to give all an opportunity to take part. 
This movement did not in the least interfere with the 
attendance and support of the regular Thursday night 
meeting. 

As time passed on, one after another left town, leav- 
ing the active work to a few, 

I have purposely avoided personal references, but can- 
not close my remarks without paying tribute to our noble 
departed brother, Cephas Brainerd, Jr. He was with us 
during only a part of each week in the summer, but his 
presence always brought strength and encouragement 
to the church work here. In the great city of New York 
he was loved and respected by all who knew him, and 
few men of his years had so large a circle of acquain- 
tances. He was active not only in his profession, but in 
church and Y. M. C. A. work in that city. He has gone 
to his reward, but his influence still lives. 



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ADDRESS 

Rev. WILLIAM C. KNOWLES 

MY Friends: In the language of the Book of Com- 
mon Prayer, I greet you as "dearly beloved 
brethren. ' ' 

Having been kindly invited to make a few remarks on 
this occasion, what few words may be said will relate 
more particularly to the people of Ponsett. 

The exterior of the old meeting-house, which remained 
standing some years after its abandonment as a place 
of worship, I can well remember; of the interior, how- 
ever, I have no remembrance. My earliest recollection 
of going to meeting was with my parents at the white 
school-house in Higganum, after that society was set 
off from the old parish. 

In this church— not this building, but in those that 
preceded it— all the inhabitants of Ponsett attended 
service for many generations ; and their dead were 
brought to Iladdam for burial until 1761. 

A little more than a century ago, a Methodist society 
was organized in the western part of the town. The 
Methodist church in Ponsett supplied a long-felt want. 
Many families availed themselves of its privileges, and 
did well in doing so. It was no small undertaking for 
the inhabitants of that portion of the town to go of a 
Sunday morning six or seven miles for worship. But 
many families still continued to attend this church ; and 
even at as late a date as the setting off of the Higga- 

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niim Society, a few individuals refused to sever their 
connection with the old parish. 

Again we find the times have changed. We are not 
taking the long walks, or rides even, to attend divine 
service that our ancestors did, and St. James's Church, 
Ponsett, supplies another means of grace to those who 
prefer the Liturgy of the Mother Church. 

On the road running west from the old meeting-house 
stood the Ponsett "Sabba' day house," where the wor- 
shipers resorted for warmth and luncheon. 

Churches were poorly heated, if heated at all, in those 
days. I once heard my great-grandmother say that our 
old meeting-house was the first place of worship in which 
she ever saw a stove, and she came to Haddam in 1793. 
Hence the necessity of the "Sabba' day house," in which 
a fire was kindled on the hearth before morning service, 
where the people warmed themselves, and, when the la- 
dies had filled their tin foot-stoves with coals, they were 
ready to go into the church. 

Something over one hundred years ago. Miss Susan- 
nah and Miss Catharine Hubbard, the blind daughters 
of Jeremiah and Alice Shailer Hubbard, were members 
of the choir. They were very remarkable women. Dr. 
Field says of them, "They were singers and conversant 
with the Scriptures and Dr. "Watts 's Psalms." I have 
been told these women could, on returning from church, 
repeat the sermon entire. 

I never believed that story until to-day, for I had sup- 
posed Mr. May's sermons were of unusual length; but 
Dr. Munger told us this morning that they were very 
short— so short, in fact, that I can now readily believe 
that these blind women, not being disturbed by vision 
(for they never saw daylight), might so imprint them 

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upon their memories as to be able to repeat them. These 
sisters lived to be very aged, Miss Susannah dying in 
1827, at the age of ninety. 

The first death recorded on the parish register in 1804, 
the year Dr. Field was ordained, was that of my grand- 
mother, Mrs. Judith Knowles. She was buried in a 
blinding snowstorm, with no minister to perform the last 
sad rites. Mr. May was dead and Dr. Field had not 
entered upon his duties as pastor. 

The first person to call on Dr. Field for the purpose 
of conversing on the subject of personal religion, was 
Miss Mary Hubbard of Ponsett. She was one of the few 
who refused to unite with the Higganum Society, pre- 
ferring to live and die in the old church. In her old age 
she used to ride to church in an ox-cart. On Sunday 
morning, her husband, for she had married, would take 
off the cart body, putting on a plain box instead, and in 
it the old couple would ride from Ponsett to Haddam, 
to attend divine service. One incident I have never for- 
gotten. My mother was called one Sunday evening to 
watch with a sick neighbor and left me, then a small boy, 
in care of this aged couple. After I had been snugly 
put in bed, I heard the old lady say to her husband, — 
and oh, how hard it was for her to say it!— "We shall 
have to give up going to meeting; there is no place 
for the oxen, and we are getting old." There was still 
another trouble— the boys bothered them. There were 
boys in Haddam then, as there are now, and the un- 
usual sight of an ox-team on Sunday aroused their curi- 
osity and excited merriment. She died at my father's 
house in 1850. The Rev. Mr. Cook officiated at the 
funeral. 

Stephen Tibbals, Esq., who gave the solid silver tan- 

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kard for the communion service, was from Ponsett, 
So also was Deacon David Hubbard, who for many years 
faithfully performed the duties pertaining to his office, 
and whose grave is with us. 

As a native of Ponsett and a descendant of the early 
members of this church, I feel a deep interest in its wel- 
fare. The fervent piety and sincere devotion of many 
of its members give us cause for thankfulness. The 
dying words of Mrs. Susannah Hubbard, who died in 
1719, have been handed down to her posterity. She 
was said to have been very pious, and on the night in 
which she died, taking notice that the watchers looked 
for the dawning of the day, she observed, in the language 
of the Psalmist, ' ' My soul waiteth for the Lord more than 
they who watch for the morning." Such is one in- 
stance of the piety brought forth by this church in the 
days long gone by. The like I trust has been exhibited 
in all the intervening years down to the present day. 
It was my privilege a few days ago to converse with the 
oldest member of this church, a woman who has seen 
one hundred years and been well on to fourscore years 
a member of this church. Her long walk in close com- 
munion with her God, her long continuous growth in 
grace and in the knowledge of Christ, made me feel like 
a child who would gladly sit at her feet as a learner. 

Here my own ancestors worshiped for many genera- 
tions. Here they "heard of heaven and learned the 
way." They were Congregationalists. I became a 
Churchman. The Prayer Book declares the church to 
be "the mystical body of Christ, which is the blessed 
company of all faithful people." Such is the language 
of the Liturgy, and I came here to-day to rejoice with 
you and to wish you prosperity ; and (in the words of the 

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Collect) I pray that God will visit you with his love and 
favor ; that he will enlighten your minds more and more 
with the light of his everlasting Gospel; that he will 
graft in your hearts the love of his name, increase in 
you true religion, nourish you with all goodness, and 
bring you to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. 



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GREETING FROM "THE OLDEST 
CHURCHES" 

Rev. AZEL W. HAZEN, D.D. 

IN bringing to you the salutations of "the oldest 
churches," it is my painful duty to remind you that 
there are twenty-nine churches in our Commonwealth 
which were born before you saw the light of day. Thus, 
let us hope that my few words may be salutary, as well 
as salutatory, inasmuch as they may guard you against 
too high exaltation in view of your venerable age. 

However, candor requires me to say that there are only 
three churches in this county older than you, and biTt 
four in our Conference. These are Old Saybrook, on 
whose historic Platform we all stand, going back to 1646 ; 
Clinton, which by some strategy got itself dated 1667, a 
year earlier than the First Church in Middletown, 1668, 
and Old Lyme, 1693. 

The church of which I have the honor to be the pastor, 
is just as old as your township. When Middletown cele- 
brated its two hundredth anniversary in 1850, it fell to 
one who had been for many years a pastor of this church 
to give the able historical address. Not a little of the 
value of that occasion and of its fruits was due to Dr. 
Field. 

Middletown has been closely connected with Haddam 

in a variety of ways. The highway which joins the towns 

used to be called the "Haddam Turnpike," and that 

is still its title among persons of intelligence. Many of 

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our citizens have made frequent pilgrimages to this town 
for legal purposes, while others have passed weeks and 
months as involuntary occupants of your renowned 
health resort. Again, this towTi has furnished to ours 
for more than a century solid building material, both 
in the form of granite, and of men. 

Hence it is with peculiar pleasure that I, in behalf of 
its older sisters, congratulate this church upon its bicen- 
tennial. I congratulate you upon the long, self-denying, 
faithful labors of your present pastor. I do this with 
unusual pleasure, since it is now well-nigh thirty years 
ago that I chanced to call your attention to him as a 
clergyman suited to your needs. 

I congratulate you upon the strong men and women 
you have here raised up and sent forth to render effec- 
tive service in other fields. How rich you are in these 
to-day. (In a whisper, I am moved to rejoice with you 
that you have had the name of ' ' Hazen ' ' on your records 
so many years. That title is always not *'an evident 
token of perdition," but a badge of respectability.) 

It is inspiring to think of the influence this church has 
exerted here and elsewhere since it was planted. What 
other force in this town has borne any comparison with 
it? It has been on the side of all agencies which have 
furthered the prosperity of the community. 

It was a ''Cyprian," doubtless a remote ancestor of 
the Cyprian who so loyally served this church for a 
generation in its deaconate, and then of the other Cy- 
prian whose noble memorial of his parents gladdens 
your hearts on this occasion, who said, "He cannot 
have God for his Father, who has not the church for his 
mother." So high an estimate did this martyr of Car- 
thage place upon the church of Christ in the third cen- 

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tury of our era. What a fountain of benediction has 
this ancient church ever been, in its noiseless yet most 
potent witness for the truth of the gospel of the grace 
of God ! May it so long abide here that its present age, 
hoary as it seems to us mortals, shall be merely its 
childhood : 

Came north, and south, and east, and west, 
Pour sages, to a mountain crest, 
Each pledged to search the wide world round 
Until the wondrous well be found. 
Before a crag they took their seat. 
Pure, bubbling waters at their feet. 
Said one: "This weU is small and mean, 
Too petty for a village green." 
Another said: "So small and dumb. 
From earth's deep center can it come?" 
The third: "This water is not rare; 
Not even bright, but pale as air." 
The fourth: "Thick crowds I looked to see; 
Where the true well is, these must be." 
They rose and left the mountain crest. 
One north, one south, one east, one west; 
O'er many seas and deserts wide. 
They wandered, thirsting, till they died. 
The simple shepherds by the mountain dwell. 
And dip their pitchers in the wondrous well. 



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GREETING FROM THE MIDDLESEX 
COUNTY CONFERENCE 

Rev. ENOCH F. BURR, D.D. 

MR. Chairman, and Members of the Congrega- 
tional Church in Haddam : Two centuries do not 
seem as long to me as tliey once did. Once they seemed 
a very considerable part of the Everlasting. Of late, 
they have sensibly dwindled ; but they still continue 
to appear to me a very respectable period — a period cov- 
ering some six average human generations and vast 
chapters of human history. 

During this very respectable period the church of 
Haddam has successfully withstood the attacks of Time 
and— Satan. I say Satan; for the roaring lion that goes 
about seeking whom he may devour is ever seeking to 
devour churches as well as individuals ; and sometimes he 
succeeds. But, thank God, he has not succeeded in de- 
vouring this church. Nor has that other waster who, 
under the venerable name of Time, makes way with so 
many old things and deluges the world with change. 
During the last two hundred years empires have risen 
and fallen, great wars have come and gone, hosts of in- 
ventions and discoveries have largely swept away old 
things in favor of the new or of nothing. But the old 
Haddam church has not been swept away. It has defied 
all enemies, supernal and infernal. It has firmly held 
its ground until now; witnessing to successive genera- 
tions the saving Gospel of Christ. 

No wonder that you of this generation take a warm in- 

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terest in such a fact as this. Of course you are glad 
that the ship in which you are embarked has weathered 
the storms of two centuries. Of course you are glad 
to publicly thank the helpful Providence without whose 
help all ships must founder and go to the bottom; glad 
to publicly honor the fathers whose faith and sacrifices 
made this anniversary possible. Of course you wish to 
retouch the fading pictures of memory; to gather into 
a sheaf and transmit to future times the profitable les- 
sons taught by the past ; to set up, as did men of old, in 
their Bethels and Jordans, stones of commemoration to 
say, "Hitherto has the Lord helped us." 

In short, you wish to celebrate; and have invited the 
sister churches of the Middlesex Conference to join 
you in the celebration. 

We accept the invitation. It is fitting. You have a 
right to our fellowship in this matter. It would be nei- 
ther natural, nor expedient, nor Christian, nor decent 
to withhold a fellow-feeling and intelligible expression 
of it at such a time as this. "When "birds of a feather 
flock together ' ' ; when all nature, from oysters to stars, 
appears to us in sympathetic groups, it were something 
monstrous if neighboring churches having a common 
Master, a common faith, a common polity, a common 
object, and largely a common history, should stand aloof 
from you this day in frigid isolation and indifference. 
We will not do it. Independency, pure and simple, is 
a hateful thing. Our fathers did not contemplate it in 
the Congregational polity. They meant independency 
qualified and softened and illumined by fellowship. The 
trees should stand together as a grove, interlocking 
branches and helping one another defy storms and shel- 
ter travelers. 

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Accordingly, we, the other Congregational churches 
of ]\iiddlesex, come to-day, bringing to you our salu- 
tations, congratulations, and felicitations. We shake 
hands with you. We shake them long and well. We 
express the hope that you are in excellent health, and 
that you will be better to-morrow than you are to-day, 
and better at the end of the next century than you are 
at the end of this. Allow us to assist in ringing your 
bells and blowing your trumpets. May your shadow 
greatly enlarge from century to century! And, from 
century to century, may sister churches come up to help 
you celebrate ever brighter anniversaries ! 



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ADDRESS 

JAMES N. WRIGHT 

IT was near the beginning of the last half-century 
of the time we celebrate that my father commenced 
his pastorate of this church. 

It must have been in the spring or summer of the year 
1855, unless my memory is at fault, that he became your 
minister. 

As I remember it, we drove here, I think, from Glaston- 
bury: most of the family coming together in some sort 
of a two-seated carryall. Myself a youth at that time, 
I confess that I had some misgivings, lest in leaving the 
barren, rugged hills of Burlington, we should fail to find 
in the new parish, anything quite so pleasant and at- 
tractive as they. And I shall never forget, as we came 
to the summit of the hill which overlooks the town, — 
"Dickinson Hill," I believe, though I am not sure now 
as to the name,— and the little hamlet nestled amid the 
trees, with the silvery river flowing peacefully by, burst 
upon our view, what a thrill of delight it gave me. I 
had found the hills again, even more lovely than those 
I had left, and, in addition, I had gained the river,— the 
beautiful river, with its ceaseless, unending flow, and its 
never failing power to attract and charm. 

I speak of my own feelings at that time, because I 
know them to have been the feelings of all. 

My father had been born and reared on the banks of 
this same river, but his home had been on the rich, rolling 

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meadows, and he must look far away, if he would see the 
spot where the hill tops touched the distant horizon. 

But he loved the hills too : and here the hills and the 
river met, and he at once took them all, as it were, into 
his great, loving heart. From the very first, I think, he 
loved Haddam ; and until the day of his death he never 
ceased to love it and its people, more, I believe, than any 
place in which, or any people among whom, his lot had 
been cast before. And it was a happy, delighted little 
family that drew rein, on that bright, sunny day, at the 
steps of the old "Hutchinson House," which stood hard 
by the little "green" where the court-house still stands 
to-day. 

It always seemed to me almost a sacrilege to pull that 
dear old house down. 

To be sure, it stood very near to the old burying- 
ground ; and at times when I had been out late of nights, 
and was obliged to seek an entrance through its back 
door, my steps would seem to ring very loud on the hard 
flag-stones, and a chill and "creepy" feeling would 
come over me, lest the sound should disturb the slumbers 
of those who had rested so long there, and their ghosts 
should appear, to chide me. 

I have shuddered as I opened the door of the old 
kitchen and let myself in quickly, barring it behind me 
and hastening to my chamber to pull down the window 
shades before the moonbeams should throw those phan- 
tom shadows athwart the pane ! 

But yet the days were sunny and bright there. I can 
never think of them otherwise. Indeed, about all my 
recollections of Haddam are of sunshine and summer. 

I can hardly picture it in winter. It seems to me as 
though there was but little winter. 

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Once I remember to have driven down from Hartford 
to Haddam in a "cutter"; but the sun shone brightly, 
and there was no chill in the air. Once, too, I recollect 
being one of a sleighing party that drove to East Had- 
dam on the frozen river; but on the next day the ice 
broke, and the vexed river swept it on to the sea, and 
then rippled along as placidly as on a summer day. 

Once, and only once, do I recall that a great snow- 
storm fell on the town, and the oxen, and the carts, and 
the plows were all brought out to clear the road and 
make a pathway for sleighs and pedestrians. 

So I always think, as I prefer to think, of Haddam 
as a place where the air is soft, and the skies are bright, 
and the birds sing ceaselessly in the branches of its grand 
old trees. 

I doubt not that you who live here, smile at a state- 
ment you deem so absurd, and shiver as you think of the 
days that count the time from December to March ! 

But do not rob me of my memory. Let it pass. It 
cannot harm you, and it is a very pleasant dream for me. 

The period at which my father began his ministry in 
Haddam, might be termed, I think, one of transition : 
a time when there was a mellowing down of the stern 
theology, and the rigid rites of a religion which had been 
handed on from the centuries that had passed. Thought- 
ful people were beginning to discriminate between the 
"traditions of the Elders," and the precepts and com- 
mands of Jesus Christ himself. Henry Ward Beecher 
had already risen to fame and influence, and the plat- 
form of Plymouth Church was attracting more attention 
than the pulpits of New England. It was setting a pat- 
tern, and a pace, which many of the younger ministers 
were seeking to follow. 

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My father was a progressive man. He was always 
conscious that the world moved, and he welcomed the 
knowledge which men of learning and of science were 
daily adding to the world's store. He never had a fear 
that scientific research would overthrow the truths of 
the Bible, and if old notions, and time-honored beliefs 
were set aside by it, he was ready to accept it, if only the 
demonstration could be shown to be correct. Yet, he 
was conservative, and he moved very cautiously, when 
matters of religion or of grave import were concerned. 
And amid all questionings, and through all the changes 
of the years, I do not think his orthodoxy could ever be 
doubted. 

The changes which the "Beecherian" era— if it is 
proper to use that term to designate the condition— in- 
troduced to the worship of the churches were many and 
important. 

It brought about shorter sermons, and led to a more 
familiar and conversational style of preaching, bringing 
the preacher and his hearers into closer sympathy. It 
cut away the high pulpit and brought the stately parson 
down from the cold pedestal which separated him from 
his listening people. 

It encouraged and made easier extemporaneous 
preaching, where the eye and the hand could assist the 
voice in riveting the attention of the listener. It short- 
ened, too, the long prayer, making it more earnest and 
less perfunctory. 

It led to the introduction of lighter and more cheerful 
hymns. Some of them, it is true, were very light in- 
deed: so light that they soared high, and soon were 
wafted out of the doors and windows to be heard no more 
by the long-suffering congregation. But there were 

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others, full of sweetness and tender feeling, that were 
sung then, and are sung to-day, and bring delight and 
refreshment to the souls of believers. Such changes 
as these were welcomed by my father as helps to the 
people, and as aiding his ministrations to them. 

During but a small portion of his pastorate did I re- 
main at home, but from an intimate knowledge, and a 
strong and sympathetic affection, I think I am able to 
estimate his character, and to speak of his labors here, 
with a reasonable degree of accuracy. 

And if I were to name the characteristics of his life, 
and the motives which actuated it, I think I should place 
chief est among them the following : 

First. An ever present and burdening sense of the 
responsibilities of his sacred office, coupled with an ar- 
dent and longing desire to meet and discharge them all 
to the full extent of his ability. 

Second. A tender, sympathetic, and loving nature, 
which was ever reaching out to comfort and help those 
around him, and which made the preaching of "the ter- 
rors of the law" always a painful and dreaded duty. 

Third. A high sense of honor and justice, which 
stirred him vehemently, with a ' ' righteous indignation, ' ' 
when he saw those principles ruthlessly violated. 

To a conscientious New England minister of the olden 
type, the "burden of souls," as he was wont to express 
it, was a load that hung about him with almost crushing 
weight. He could not shake it off, nor shift it on to the 
shoulders of others. Constantly in his mind was that 
saying of our Lord: 

"Except a man be born again, he cannot see the king- 
dom of God." 

And by divine authority he had been placed a watch- 

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man upon one of the walls of Zion to warn the people 
of their sins, and to lead them into the way of life. 
Should he fail in the doing of this, he had failed in 
his great and sacred mission, and possibly made "ship- 
wreck" of his own soul. 

As one generation succeeded to another, and as the 
children of his flock advanced from childhood to youth, 
and from youth to maturity, if they had not been con- 
verted, and united themselves with the church, he felt 
that he had not accomplished that whereto he had been 
sent; and the minister's heart was heavy, and his head 
was bowed. That my father during much of his ministry 
was perplexed and troubled, at the small visible results 
that followed his labors, I know full well. 

"Revivals" of religion were reported from other 
towns, and other churches were increasing largely their 
membership, while the additions to his own church were 
few, and its condition often best described by that 
dreaded word, lukewarmness. At times I think all that 
saved him from utter discouragement were the leaves of 
Holy Writ, from which he would quote for his comfort 
such passages as these: 

"I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the 
increase"; and this he felt assured God would do, in his 
own good time, if only he himself should prove himself 
faithful. 

"And let us not be weary in well doing, for in due 
season we shall reap, if we faint not ' ' ; and many times 
he was well nigh to fainting. 

To preach to men of the punishment which he believed 
awaited the unrepentant sinner, in a future life, was, 
as I have said, always painful. His affection and sym- 
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to do this ; and he preached upon this subject only so 
often as he felt that duty compelled it. 

I am sure he would never have done so, had he been 
able in any way to satisfy his conscience in the omission. 

I may not be altogether correct in my recollection, 
but the impression remains with me that only about once 
a year did he allow himself to preach to his people a 
sermon, the subject of which was "hell," or "eternal 
punishment, ' ' as the final destiny of the wicked ; and the 
effect of this on himself, was that of great depression, 
if not of real illness. 

He was greatly pained by the injustice of men, and 
endeavored, by example and preaching, to instil into 
their hearts a lively sense of justice, and a keen and 
manly sense of honor. 

Generosity was with him a cardinal virtue ; and he 
ever urged it upon his people, not in the sense of large 
or extravagant giving, but that every one should give 
according to his ability to do, and that the ability 
should be faithfully and conscientiously estimated. 

He was deeply interested in all that affected not only 
the religious, but the moral and material welfare of the 
people: in education; in everything that would beau- 
tify and enrich the place ; that would make homes more 
comfortable and pleasant; that would facilitate travel 
and increase prosperity. 

In evidence of this, I wish to quote to you some open- 
ing sentences of a sermon or address which he delivered 
to you at the time of the proposed building of the Val- 
ley Railroad. He said: 

It is the all comprehensive duty of the minister of the gospel 
to labor to promote the moral and spiritual interests of his fel- 

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low men. He is consecrated to that work. Nevertheless, he may, 
and others for him, take a narrow and mistaken view of his field 
of activity. He, like other people, is to take the world as it is, 
and to use whatever wisdom he has in endeavoring to influence 
men, directly and indirectly, to secure their best, their spiritual 
good. 

He is not forbidden, but obliged to discourse on whatever habits, 
practices, institutions, stand in the way of his efforts to save men. 
. . . He is not forbidden, but obliged to advocate and en- 
courage whatever improvements or enterprises tend, though in- 
directly, to advance the moral welfare of the community. 

Such was his belief, and in that belief he was led to 
take a vital interest in all that affected the welfare of the 
people, in all that concerned the welfare of the town 
or of the State. It led him to be deeply interested in the 
affairs of the nation, and to have decided opinions 
as to the right and wrong side of questions upon which 
political parties were divided. These opinions on ques- 
tions of national policy, or matters which concerned 
the State and town, he would at times express to his peo- 
ple. I doubt not, he even laid himself open to the charge 
of preaching "political sermons." 

But at all such times, his stern sense of justice, of 
honor, and of right, was forced to triumph over his 
affectionate and loving heart. And if those who may 
have been wounded by his words could have known of 
half the suffering it caused him to utter them, they 
would never have laid them up against him. 

In any attempt to estimate or to gage a minister's in- 
fluence, or to compute the results which have followed 
his labors, I feel that failure is so nearly certain, that 
it had best never be made. The influence is so far- 
reaching, so subtle, and works so sUently to its end, that 
much of it may never be known. The results of such 

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labors, too, appear perhaps oftenest in ways which 
elude the public eye, and at times when the connection 
between the cause and effect has been lost sight of or 
forgotten, 

''In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening 
withhold not thine hand; for thou knowest not whether 
shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both 
shall be alike good." 

This oft-quoted passage promises not definite or visible 
results, and so the minister must for the most part wait 
for this knowledge, until the time shall come when 
** every man's work shall be made manifest." 

In this connection, I am reminded of the words of a 
clergyman of my acquaintance, which he said to me not 
long ago, as he was commenting upon his own labors in a 
church of which he had been the minister for the past 
decade. He said : 



If we cannot see the results which we had hoped to see, if the 
church is not as prosperous now as we had expected it to be, or 
as it was perhaps three or four years ago, it is not a reason for 
great discouragement. I am comforted by the fact that twice 
every Sabbath, during all these years, there has been drawn 
together here a large and attentive congregation, to whom the 
Word has been preached, and the services of the church admin- 
istered; that on every Sunday sermons have been preached; and 
the regular and orderly services and offices of the church, both 
Sundays and week-days, have not failed to be held: and no man 
can estimate the amount of good that has been accomplished 
thereby. 



In the main, I think my father relied on the ' ' regular ' ' 
and ''orderly" services of the church, in the ways or- 
dained by it, to carry on his work here. He was in no 

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way a sensational preacher, and never sought for strange 
or startling effects. 

His methods were those of the ''regular" and "or- 
derly" kind, and he multiplied ''means" and opportuni- 
ties only when conditions especially favorable seemed to 
warrant and justify them. In the matter of "revivals," 
so called, I think his soul was at times distressed, by 
reason of his distaste for the unusual means often 
thought necessary to promote them ; and his ardent, long- 
ing desire that his own church might experience them. 
During my own stay here, I do not recall any such radi- 
cal uplifting of spiritual life in the church as could be 
properly termed a powerful religious revival, 

I do remember, that in the winter of 1857, I think it 
was, when a general religious awakening prevailed 
throughout a large portion of New England, that the 
Haddam church shared in it with others, and that a 
goodly number was added to its membership. 

Though absent from home during the most of that 
winter, I recall a Sunday spent here, and especially 
the evening meeting, which was one of unusual interest 
and solemnity. 

After a season of exhortation and prayer, the pastor 
gave the customary invitation to anxious ones to come 
forward to the front pew. I sat in one of the center 
pews, on the north aisle, about two thirds of the way 
down to the door. Directly opposite me, across the aisle, 
sat my brother. He sat perfectly still after the invita- 
tion was given, making no move toward the front. A 
few had gone forward, and the pastor repeated the 
invitation. I knew of the great longing he felt that 
my brother should on that night take the great step that 
should seal him an heir of heaven. Still he moved not. 

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I began to feel a great sympathy for my father, and a 
rising indignation for my brother. 

I looked toward him. Then, I looked at him long and 
sharply. But he gazed straight ahead, avoiding me, or 
not heeding. I could stand this perversity — this dis- 
regard of all our wishes — no longer. I stepped across 
the aisle, and asked him why he did not go up. He made 
no answer. He moved not a muscle, but continued to 
gaze past me as before. I think I had forgotten now my 
sympathy for my father, and my indignation for my 
brother had burned into wrath. I drew nearer to him, 
placing myself so that my right arm was concealed as 
much as possible from the congregation. Then, bending 
over him, I hissed in his ear, ^^ Don't you want to be 
saved ? ' ' while, at the same time, wdth my fist I delivered 
him a blow full in the ribs. He heard the venomous 
words, and he felt the mean, contemptible blow, but he 
answered not, and he moved not. He was no hypocrite, 
and he had not reached the condition of a convicted, peni- 
tent sinner ready to throw himself at the foot of the cross 
and cry for mercy; therefore, no feeling of affection 
for a father, whom he dearly loved, could persuade him 
to take a step, which for him would have been a fraud 
and a lie ; neither was he to be hammered into the king- 
dom by the rude fist of a belligerent brother. 

I do not know that he ever went forward to the 
"inquirers' " seat, or that he ever rose in his place, a sup- 
pliant for special prayers ; but I know this : that on a dis- 
tant battle-field he did his duty well ; that in the hos- 
pital he died, with full faith in his father's God; and 
that his last message to him was, "I shall meet you all 
in heaven." 

This old, familiar place brings vividly to my mind's 
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eye, that little company of men: the leaders and "pil- 
lars" of the church, who, year in and year out, assisted 
my father in the conduct of those "regular" and "or- 
derly ' ' means of grace. Among these was Deacon George 
Brainerd, the senior deacon of the church. 

At the evening meetings, he was always the first to 
"rise" in "prayer," and he could usually be depended 
upon to supplement with a few words the remarks of the 
minister. 

He led the singing at these meetings, and though, as 
I remember, his range of tunes was not wide, usually 
beginning with "Peterboro," and ending with "Silver- 
street," or beginning with "Silverstreet" and ending 
with "Peterboro," they were all familiar to the peo- 
ple. Of a kind and genial nature, he yet read me 
a lesson once, that, as long as I live, I shall never 
forget. 

I had been taught, as was so common then, that young 
Christians should "take up their cross" on all occa- 
sions, and cross-bearing was very generally interpreted 
to mean, "bearing testimony," or speaking and praying 
in meeting. Now, as my ancestors for some generations 
back, had been given to speaking and praying in meet- 
ing, it came about that, by some sort of inlieritance, I 
possessed a trait which made "speaking in meeting" to 
me no cross at all. Consequently, my voice was heard 
in meeting much too often for the edification of the elect. 
It happened at one of the neighborhood meetings, which 
was held at the deacon's own house. After the opening 
exercises, when the meeting had been thrown open to all, 
I rose and made some remarks. 

I have not now the least idea of what I said, or how 
long I spoke. I only know that when I sat down, it 

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was with a feeling of great self-satisfaction,— a con- 
sciousness that I had made a very nice little speech. 

I had no sooner resumed my seat than the good dea- 
con slowly rose to his feet; with closed eyes and folded 
hands, his usual attitude for speaking and praying, he 
said, "The Apostle says, Let all things be done decently 
and in order." I know not what more he said, it does 
not matter, but from that text he flayed me alive, and 
left no doubt in the minds of his hearers, as to who and 
what he meant. I have often wondered since, whether, 
if young converts were urged less persistently to take 
up their cross in meeting, but more earnestly to bear it 
in labors of love and good works, and to pray more in 
secret, to their Father who both heareth and seeth in 
secret, it might not be better for their own souls, and 
more edifying to the souls of those who attend the 
prayer-meetings. 

Deacon Cyprian Brainerd was another conspicuous 
''pillar" of the church, as the leader of the choir for 
many, many years, contributing so prominently and sub- 
stantially to the "regular" and "orderly" service. With 
what difficulty and labor he performed those services, 
so punctually and so continuously, year after year. 

How many times he rowed his boat back and forth 
across the river, and climbed up the liill to the church, 
it would be hard to compute ; but I think that only ab- 
sence inevitable or illness ever made his place vacant. 

As that choir rises before me, I see on one side a 
long line of fair young women, and behind them are 
older ones. On the other side, there is a shorter line of 
men, of various ages, and a few are sitting behind. 

As they rise and sing, I can see that the lips of the 
women are parted, but I cannot see that their lips move. 

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Of the men, I cannot see that their lips are parted even ; 
and yet somewhere and somehow the sound gets out, and 
much of it is fresh and sweet and mellow; and Deacon 
Cyprian's choir in the old Haddam church is accounted 
one of the best in the towns around. 

The erect figure of Major Hayden rises before me. 
His place was well forward, under the very "droppings" 
of the sanctuary itself. 

I hear his clarion voice, which age had failed to 
weaken, ring out, as he "raised" the "tune" to the 
closing hymn on communion Sundays. It was always 
"Coronation," I believe; and his enthusiasm in singing 
lent itself to the congregation, and men, women, and 
children joined together in rolling out the notes of that 
grand old choral. 

"Brother" Oliver Smith, Mr. David Ventres, and 
there were many others whose names I might recall, but 
others whose names have passed from my memory, who 
were my father's supporters and helpers in his work. 

But any allusion to the personnel of the Haddam 
church in the early years of this closing half-century, 
would be conspicuously lacking, if no mention were 
made of the name of Uncle Moses Tyler. ' ' Uncle Moses, ' ' 
as he was familiarly called by young and old, was a 
unique and picturesque character. 

My remembrance of him, is that of a man who believed 
in his religion, and lived it. 

To his minister, he was a good friend and counselor; 
and his life of faith and cheerful hope was ever a source 
of encouragement and inspiration to him. 

The services of the church were his delight. He was 
"powerful" in prayer and exhortation, and his earnest- 
ness and sincerity were so unmistakable that they lent 

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conviction to his words; while his quaintness and origi- 
nality held the attention of his hearers. 

To Uncle IVIoses, praise as well as prayer was a part 
of his spiritual food. He was fond of hymns, and loved 
to hear them sung on any occasion. It occurred once 
to the younger members of this congregation to visit 
Uncle Moses's home at night, and, under his chamber 
window, sing some of those familiar hymns in which 
his soul delighted. 

They called it "serenading him." 

And there they gathered as the hours drew on to mid- 
night, down by the old mill, under the leafy trees, and 
where the gurgling brook wandered on, until it fell into 
the lazy wheel, which it forced to labor for the old 
patriarch, who was so much older, even, than itself. 

They sang, "Shall we gather at the river," and 
"There '11 be no more sorrow there," "Beyond the sigh- 
ing and the weeping," and the like. Then they listened ; 
listened for Uncle Moses. But Uncle Moses's window 
was dark, and Uncle Moses himself gave forth no sign. 

He, too, was listening, I suppose; listening, perhaps, 
to the music of his own little brook as it dashed over the 
pebbles in its rocky bed below. But he was listening, 
I am sure he was listening, for he said afterward that 
he heard it all, and that it was heavenly. And the young 
couples waiting there, in the chilly night, with one shawl 
wrapped round the shoulders of two persons, a boy and a 
girl, and drawing them closely together, for the autumn 
nip was in the air— they, too, thought it was heavenly! 

Every New Englander knows how large a part of the 
social life of these country towns is centered around the 
church. 

At the time we speak of, church parlors and kitchens 

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were not common, and yet the church was the rallying- 
point for much of the social activity of the place. 

Its meetings were meetings not only for prayer and 
praise, but they were looked forward to, as times for 
a friendly chat, and a little harmless gossip when the 
service was over. 

And every Sunday night, from out the shadows of 
the two pillars which dignify the porch of this edifice, 
there came a line of ardent swains; and from out these 
doors there went another line of expectant maidens. 

And in the darkness these two lines met, and became 
one; and that meant much, very much to those young 
hearts, for it was Sunday night, in New England, and in 
the days when the chaperon was not, and when conven- 
tionalities were not a burden. 

I cannot tell, but it may be that some of you can, if 
that line forms and re-forms still, on the holy Sabbath 
nights, in the dim light of the twinkling stars ! 

Those were peaceful, happy, good old days ; but they 
have passed forever for those of us who lived them 
then. I cannot say but that the present ones are better ; I 
trust they may be. But so long as the rallying-place 
of the people shall be the house of God and his Christ, 
the days cannot be very bad. 

This church stands here to-day, hoary and venerable 
with age. The two centuries of its life stretch back 
away beyond the infancy of this nation. And during 
that time, the generations have come and gone, and other 
generations have succeeded them. 

But its mission is not ended yet; for when compared 
with the everlasting hills which rise round about it, and 
the river which flows peacefully by, it is but an infant 

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in years ; and to be old, it must live on and on, far into 
tlie centuries yet to be. 

Other generations must come and go ; and still others 
must follow them, and the light of God's word, from 
his holy church must shed its radiance on all peoples. 

And while the green hills stand, and until the rocks 
shall melt, and so long as the beautiful river rolls on 
to the sea, God grant that the Haddam church may hold 
up the cross of Jesus to the sin-sick souls of men. 



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CHARLES MAT 

MR. Chairman and Fellow-Descendants: I come 
at the end of a long line of speakers, and as I have 
an address to deliver to you which I am afraid you will 
consider as long in proportion as my great-grandfather's 
pastorate, I am in danger of suffering the experience 
of a certain excellent divine, who had, so far as I know, 
only one serious fault, viz. : that of preaching exceed- 
ingly long sermons. 

On one occasion his theme was, ' ' The Prophets. ' ' He 
had preached upon it for about an hour and a half and 
his audience were beginning to get pretty tired. At last 
he reached what seemed to be his peroration, and they 
were in hopes that the end was near; but as he finished 
his burst of eloquence, he proceeded to remark with 
fresh vigor, "My Brethren, we have thus considered 
all of the major prophets, and now we come to the minor 
prophets. And first JNIalachi; what place shall we give 
to Malachi?" whereupon a tall countryman, who had 
been fidgeting in his seat for some time, rose to his feet, 
strode down the aisle, and as he went out of the door 
shouted out, ' ' Well, Malachi may have my place. I have 
had it long enough. ' ' 

Now it may be that before I shall have finished my 
address some one of you may think that "a very little 
prophet" is coming to him, and that he would like to give 
his place to IMalachi, in which event I shall not feel 

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seriously offended if my weary hearer shall leave the 
church as did the countryman. 

We have been fighting a nation which worships the 
past ; a nation which moves forward, it is true, but only 
as fast as would the racer with his back to the goal and 
his eyes ever intent upon the course he has traversed; 
a nation so wedded to its ancient institutions that the 
mere thought of innovation arouses a frenzy which 
threatens to plunge the world into war. Our nation, 
on the other hand, is one which rarely looks backward. 
Change, if it be improvement, is welcome, and experi- 
ment, even, in hope of betterment, is deemed sufficient 
justification for the overthrow of long-established cus- 
toms and the introduction of ncAV ones. It is question- 
able, however, whether it would not be better for us as 
a nation, to give more attention to the study and preser- 
vation of old institutions. Granting that the lines of the 
poet are true : 

We ranging down this lower track, 

The path we came by, thorn and flower. 
Is shadowed by the growing hour, 

Lest life should fail in looking back ; 

and granting that these lines apply as well to the nation 
as the individual, nevertheless it is well for us occasion- 
ally, and more often perhaps than we are wont, to pause 
in our onward march, glance back over the course run 
by our forefathers, and study the institutions and the 
customs established by them, that we may reap the fruits 
of their wisdom, and catch something of the noble and 
self-sacrificing spirit which inspired them in their pio- 
neer work. 

It is not my purpose, however, I hardly need say, in 

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the few words wliicli I am to speak to you to-night, to at- 
tempt to be your guide in. this review of the past, or the 
historian of any portion of the history of your church, 
or the biographer of your pastor from whom I am de- 
scended. 

For that work, neither my natural disposition nor my 
experience has qualified me. It is enough for me to have 
had the honor to suggest to your committee the name of 
another descendant of Rev. Eleazer May, Rev. Dr. Hun- 
ger, as the most appropriate person to act as his biogra- 
pher for this occasion; and the interesting address from 
him, to which we have listened, is enough to prove that 
my suggestion was a most happy one. Nor would I have 
felt myself equal to the task, even if there had been no 
distinguished cousin for me to suggest as the proper 
person for it ; for the fact is, I never knew I had a great- 
grandfather, much less that he was a minister of the 
gospel in this town, until I was a man grown. My father, 
Edward Selden May, was one who illustrated, to my 
mind, most forcibly the characteristic to which I have 
alluded, viz.: the disposition to devote one's self to the 
present and the future rather than to dwell upon the 
past. Most intensely interested in the vital questions 
of the day, he led the discussions in our family home 
upon polities, science, history, etc., with a zeal which 
left little opportunity for what was of a private nature, 
and I do not remember that in my boyhood I ever heard 
him mention the fact that his grandfather was a min- 
ister. There was, perhaps, another excuse for his not 
entering upon the family history in our home talks, for 
the fact was that he had fourteen brothers and sisters, 
nineteen uncles and aunts, and at least seventy-eight 
first cousins. No wonder, therefore, that he hesitated 

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to enter with his boys upon a field the paths of which 
were so complicated that he could not thread them him- 
self without a guide. How I came finally to the know- 
ledge that we had a family history arose from the fol- 
lowing incident. In the year 1875 my father was sent 
as a representative to the Massachusetts legislature, and 
while there he met Rev. Samuel May, also a representa- 
tive, from Leicester, Mass., a man of national reputa- 
tion, deservedly earned by his philanthropic and effi- 
cient labors as secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society. 
In a conversation with my father, naturally suggested 
by the identity of their family names, Mr. May dis- 
closed the fact that he was then and had been for a 
number of years engaged in an attempt to trace the 
genealogy of the May family, from the original an- 
cestor, John May, who came to this country in 1640, 
down through the various branches descended from 
him. 

He said that he had been remarkably successful in his 
work as a whole, but that with regard to one branch 
he had entirely failed. He had found that there was 
a certain Hezekiah May, who left the family home in 
Boston, and who settled in "Wethersfield, and that Heze- 
kiah had a son, Eleazer, who became a minister, but that 
was all he knew about him. If he could only find his 
family Bible, he had no doubt it would give him the 
information which he needed. My father heard him 
through, and then replied, "Well, Mr. May, if you will 
come with me to my home in Lee and make me a visit, 
I will show you the Bible you speak of, for Eleazer May 
was my grandfather, and his family Bible is in a trunk 
in the garret of my house, where it has been stored for 
a good many years." 

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It is to that chance conversation that I owe the plea- 
sure of being with you to-day. and of being able to show 
you. as I now do. the Bible that belonged to the former 
pastor of your church. 

Mr. May gladly accepted my father's invitation, came 
to our house and spent several days there in gathering 
the information which he afterward published in the 
May f amil y book, and it was from the conversation 
which I heard while he was there, and from the perusal 
of that book, that I learned that my great-grandfather 
was a minister of the gospel, and the revered pastor of 
this church. Xor must I fail to mention another little 
incident which has led to my being present on this occa- 
sion. I happened not long ago to meet at the Bar Asso- 
ciation in Xew York, a man well known to you all, and 
as well known in that great city as one of the leaders 
in his profession, my generous host. ^Mr. Cephas Brain- 
erd: and. meeting him again a short time afterward, 
where there was opportunity. I ventured to commend 
myself to his favorable interest by telling him that my 
grandmother was Clarissa Brainerd. that she was bom 
in his native town, and there married my grandfather. 
Huntington May. Mr. Brainerd met my advances with 
the greatest cordiality, and informed me that his country 
home was built upon the site of the house where Kev. 
Eleazer May lived, and where my grandfather was bom. 
If I had not thus met Mr. Brainerd. it may be that I 
would never have learned that this celebration was to 
take place, and certainly I could never have expected to 
have been invited to attend it with my family. I need 
not say that it gives me an additional pleasure to be here 
as his guest in the house btult upon the land where my 
ancestors lived. 

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I have said that I am in no sense fitted to be a his- 
torian ; but, at the risk of wearying you, and without 
any claim that what I am to attempt to describe is his- 
tory, I am going, with your kind permission, to essay an 
imaginative description of a wedding which I suppose 
may have taken place in what you designate as the old 
church over one hundred years ago, and because I, my- 
self, am more vitally interested in the wedding of my 
grandfather and grandmother in 1795, than in any other 
wedding that might have taken place about that time, 
I have selfishly chosen that one as the one upon which 
my imagination may have free play. I suppose that it 
was a church wedding, for, as you will see, there certainly 
would not have been room in any private dwelling-house 
for the number of guests which I propose to have in- 
vited for the festive occasion. The bride is Clarissa 
Brainerd, eighteen years of age. She must have been 
beautiful, for the lovely aged face which looks forth 
from the canvas of a portrait taken by Pease, and 
preserved in my old home, shows, in spite of line and 
wrinkle, traces of the beauty which rejoiced the bride- 
groom's heart as he led her to the altar. I wish for the 
sake of the feminine portion of the audience that I could 
describe her dress; but at that task my imagination 
falters. I can, however, show you a piece of Sybil Hunt- 
ington's wedding-dress, worn forty-one years before, 
when she married Rev. Eleazer in her old home in Leb- 
anon ; and here it is. 

The bridegroom, Huntington May, was the next to the 
youngest son and child of Rev. Eleazer. He was then 
twenty-three years of age, and, I doubt not, bore him- 
self through the ordeal of the ceremony with a martial 
air befitting the title of major, which both the com- 

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piler of the Brainerd and the Huntington family books 
bestowed upon him, though for what reason I have never 
been able to discover. 

I suppose that the Rev. Eleazer May, the pastor of 
the church, and the father of the bridegroom, then a hale 
and hearty man sixty-two years of age, performed the 
ceremony. 

For almost forty years he had been pastor of this 
church. His ten children had all grown to manhood 
and womanhood (no one of them missing), and had all 
married and gone from his home to homes of their own, 
except Huntington, now about to go, and Hezekiah, the 
youngest, who had just graduated from Yale, and was 
studying to be a missionary among the Indians. The 
families of his children were all there before him. 
His parishioners, with their kindly, interested faces, had 
filled the seats in the meeting-house to overflowing, and 
as his gaze rested upon the large congregation and his 
thoughts turned to the rich blessings which heaven had 
bestowed upon him and his, we can well imagine that 
the tears came to his eyes, and his voice faltered as he 
asked the questions, ''Huntington, wilt thou have this 
woman to be thy wedded wife?" and "Clarissa, wilt 
thou have this man to be thy wedded husband?" Nor 
can we think that his wife, Sybil Hiintington, who had 
shared his joys and sorrows for those forty years, sat 
there in the front pew, unmoved. Well may we ima- 
gine that in her stirred precious memories, not only 
of her life here in Haddam, of her children and her 
children's children, but also of her own marriage in 
Lebanon, and the kindred still there who had remem- 
bered her boy on this day of his rejoicing, and had 
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the bride's mother, Harriet Hubbard Brainerd, gladly 
welcoming with her the union of the two large families 
in this marriage bond. 

Captain John Brainerd, the bride's father, who had 
earned his title in the Revolutionary War, fighting at 
"White Plains for his country, gave the bride away, 
surely an occupation more congenial to his taste than 
the bloody conflict from which he had won his title. 

I imagine that the rest of the bridal procession was 
composed entirely of the bride's brothers and sisters. 
Huldah and Hannah, sixteen and fourteen years of age, 
came first; John and Dolly, twelve and ten, next; then 
Anne and Prudence, eight and six ; and last, Frances and 
Jabez, four and three. Ursula, the two-year-old, and the 
baby, Hezekiah, about three months, were almost too 
young to take an active part. 

I suppose, as I have said, that the children of Eleazer 
and Sybil were all there. I am disposed, while I am 
about it, to have it a universal family affair, especially 
as my imagination does not worry itself at all about the 
expense. "What does it matter a hundred years ago?" 
is just as effective about past extravagance, as ''What 
does it matter a hundred years hence ? " is about present 
expenditure. And so, regardless of cost, the whole fam- 
ily has gathered together to grace the occasion, and 
delight the hearts of parents and grandparents. 

There was John May, the oldest son, who had gradu- 
ated from Yale in 1777, and become a sea captain. There 
were Dorothy Arnold, his wife, and his little ones, Janet, 
Jolm, and Edwin, aged five, three, and one respectively. 
There were Edward Selden and Sybil May Selden, his 
wife, Eleazer 's oldest daughter, with their seven chil- 
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Charlotte, aged fifteen, thirteen, eleven, nine, seven, five, 
and three respectively : Edward a little bit harassed with 
his six sisters, but relieving a little the monotony of the 
feminine arithmetical series. 

There was Rev. David Selden (Yale, 1782), thirty-four 
years of age, the minister at Middle Haddam, destined 
to be there for almost as long a period as was his father- 
in-law in this church ; there were his wife, Cynthia May 
Selden, Eleazer's second daughter, with another arith- 
metical series, this one a little irregular: David, ten; 
Sylvester, nine; John, seven; Huntington, six; Cynthia, 
four; Elizabeth, three; and Hezekiah, one. Note that 
the little Cynthia was to be the happy wife of Dr. 
Ebenezer Munger, and mother of the boy, Theodore T. 
Munger, to whom we have this day listened with so 
much pleasure, and who now, after a long life of use- 
fulness, is contemplating a well-earned rest from active 
pastoral labors. 

There were Rev. Jesse Townsend, and Annie May 
Townsend, his wife, the third daughter, with their little 
two-year old boy, Eleazer. They had come all the way 
from Madison, Vt. 

There was Colonel John Wells of Rowe, Mass., with 
his wife, Elizabeth May Wells, the fourth daughter. 
There were also Eleazer May, the second son, with his 
wife, Cynthia, from Westminster, Vt. ; William Wells, 
from Shelburne, Mass., with his wife, Prudence May, the 
fourth daughter; Rev. Sylvester Sage, also from West- 
minster, Vt., with his wife, Clarissa, the fifth daughter, 
and perhaps their infant child, Huldah Robinson; and 
there, finally, was the youngest son, Hezekiah, to whom 
I have already alluded, who afterward married a di- 
rect descendant of Peregrine White, the first white 

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child born in New England, and became the father of 
stalwart children, one of them being six feet five inches 
in height. Truly the missionary work among the In- 
dians must have given him great vigor, whatever may 
have been the result to the Indians. 

I am sorry that I cannot give you the names of all the 
parishioners who were present at that wedding ; but that 
is something for a descendant of some parishioner to do, 
and not for a descendant of the pastor. 

Nor can I follow the wedding party from the church 
to the house. Time forbids that I should tell of the 
presents and the collation, and all the other interesting 
things that weddings entail, but I cannot close this 
attempt to describe something about the family of your 
pastor without alluding to the remarkable fact that 
those ten children all lived to old age, and their average 
age at death was seventy-nine. 

The corollaries which I would draw are these: First. 
What an enormous salary, for those days, this church 
must have paid its minister to have enabled him to feed, 
clothe, and educate so large a family, to send two of his 
sons to Yale College, and to have married off so many 
daughters to ministers, who are proverbially looking 
for rich wives. 

Second. What a heritage of rich blessing has come 
down to us, the descendants of your pastor. 

The older brothers of his father, Hezekiah, remained 
at home on the farm, which afterward became a part of 
Boston, and was cut up into city lots, which their de- 
scendants inherited, much to their material advantage. 
I have never heard that the farm of Hezekiah at Weth- 
ersfield was cut up into city lots. But the heritage that 
we, the descendants of Eleazer, the son of Hezekiah, have 
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received, is the rich memory of a life of usefulness 
spent in the Master's service in this church, and the 
right to participate in the mercies promised to thousands 
of those that love him and keep his commandments. 

I thank you all in behalf of myself and my wife and 
little daughter, whose name is that of her great-grand- 
mother, Sybil Huntington May, for the pleasure which 
this occasion has afforded us, and, for myself, for the 
honor of addressing you. 



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Indianapolis, October 9, 1900. 
Dear Sir: It woiild afford me great pleasure to attend the cele- 
bration were I located nearer the scenes of my childhood; but, 
under the circumstances, I must send my regrets. I claim to be 
a son of the old church which I attended in my boyhood, and 
v/here I listened first — if my memory serves me right — to the 
ministry of Eev. John Marsh, and received from Mr. Alva Shailer, 
and other teachers, instruction in the Sabbath school. 

WeU do I recall when the "slips" succeeded the square pews 
in the body of the church, which change afforded aU worshippers 
the opportunity to face the pulpit, with its high and elaborate 
sounding-board above it, giving a majestic and rather awe-inspir- 
ing appearance to the interior of the building dedicated to the 
service of the God our fathers worshipped with so much sincere 
reverence and humility. 

As I left my home in 1842 for "other pastures," I was not 
present when it was decided to tear down the old church building, 
to which I presume no objection was made; but, at this late day, 
who is left of the old attendants who would not rejoice to see 
the old building as it stood, with all its sacred memories, and 
much more, the seats intact which were occupied by the fathers 
and mothers of three-quarters of a century ago? Why not pre- 
serve and inclose the site with an honorable memorial of some 
sort, that succeeding generations may know that on this hallowed 
spot the fathers and mothers worshipped, who have long since 
been gathered to the great church beyond, where pastor and people 
meet ' ' in mansions not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. ' ' 

I recall the importance of the choir, whose members were the en- 
dowed sons and daughters of the realm, as they occupied the 
high-graded seats in the choir gallery, where soprano and alto 
voices harmonized vdth the bass and tenor divisions, all led, dur- 
ing my recollection, by Mr. Chauncey Skinner and Mr. James 
Swan, on violins, and Mr. Hurlburt Swan, on bass viol occasion- 

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ally, the flute and comet were added, as the importance of the 
occasion or the inclination of the performers prompted them. 

Much may be said in favor of modern church music, but when 
this choir was in good condition, I don't think God's worshippers 
ever listened to so sweet and impressive music as came from that 
gallery when they sang: 

"Before Jehovah's awful throne. 
Ye nations bow with sacred joy, " 

and many other anthems so popular in that day. 

On you who meet to celebrate the ancient day and give your 
personal efforts to have it successful, an obligation rests to pro- 
long the memorable history of this church for future generations, 
and preserve the names and memory of the saintly men who there 
declared the word of God. 

To make my declaration more interesting, "the partner of my 
joys and sorrows" remembers with pleasure that when she was 
nine years old she attended the old church. The services were 
conducted by Dr. Field, the only man of that time who wrote 
D.D. before and after his name. The incidents are stiU vivid in 
her memory, and it is a lasting delight to recall the time when 
she kept the * ' Sabbath day holy ' ' under Connecticut regulations. 
Wishing you all a great day of rejoicing, 

Very sincerely yours, 

Benj. Kelsey. 

Dear Sir: You asked me some time ago to give you some reminis- 
cences of old times in Haddam, and to-day I am turning Time 
backward to a Sunday morning when I was being dressed up in a 
suit of clothes made by "Aunt Manda, " and about two years too 
large, so they would not be outgrown before they were worn out, 
and trudging along holding my father's hand, and carrying an 
elbow-stool for my mother. Then we walked a mile to the old 
church on the green by Mr. Cephas Brainerd's, and listened to the 
long prayer and the many-headed sermon of the Eev. David D. 
Field. 

How plainly I can see our pew under the stairs at the south- 
eastern corner of the church, where I had to stand on tiptoe in 
order to see out! And how well I remember reciting my Sunday- 

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school lesson to Deacon Comfort Cone, holding on to his big thumb 
with my little hand! And then at noon, after the lesson, how we 
went up the lane back of the church to some famous rocks, where 
was plenty of birch of the best kind — and somewhere in the par- 
sonage lot was a wonderful boiling spring — what a delight that 
was, and how cool and refreshing the water from it! Since then, 
1 have looked down on water coming up from an opening thirty 
feet below the surface, but it was as nothing to that little spring 
surrounded by a barrel set in the ground. 

While we were in the pew under the stairs, we could only hear 
the wonderful singing of the choir in the gallery overhead, with 
the notes of the different instruments that were then in use; for 
in those days they praised the Lord with all their might, on 
stringed, wind, and reed instruments. It was not until later, 
when father had taken a seat on the left side of the broad aisle, 
that I could feast my eyes on a sight of the choir, as we rose 
in our seats and turned around to face the music. There was 
Orrin Shailer with his violin, occasionally using his bow as a baton, 
and stamping his foot as a reminder to keep in time. There were 
the Swans, father and two sons, with bass viol and violins, Arnold 
Hayden with a clarinet, Daniel Dickinson with his flute, and, 
if I remember rightly, David Church with a tremendous-sound- 
ing French horn. I would walk many a mile to-day if I could 
again hear ' ' Old Denmark, ' ' the ' ' Judgment, ' ' and ' ' Easter ' ' 
anthems, as well as "Delight," "Invitation," "Mortality," 
"Vital spark of heavenly flame," and the "Ode on Science," as 
that choir could sing them in those days — the days of my child- 
hood. There were the "Sunday-houses," too, of which I remem- 
ber one south of the church and near Mr. Skinner's land, where 
in the winter was always a good fire on the hearth, from which 
the ladies' foot-stoves were filled with live coals, for use and 
comfort in the afternoon. 

On Saturday nights every one of us must be in the house, and 
the quiet of Sunday begun. Bibles and Testaments, with ' * Barnes ' 
Notes," were gotten out, and we had to learn our Sunday-school 
lessons — very often reciting them to father before going to bed; 
and then Sunday morning at work on them again. So that by 
the time they were recited Sunday noon, we knew them well. 
In that way all the Bible stories were learned, and later, Jewish 
history, and the life and times of our Saviour. I may say for 

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myself that about all I know of the Bible I learned in that way; 
and I wish that those who made me learn in that way could know 
how grateful I am to them, and how I appreciate their love and 
kindness, though I did not in those days. 

Those were the days of the "Cold Water Army," when thou- 
sands of boys and girls all over New England were taking the 
pledge, and going in processions, wearing their badges, carrying 
their banners, and singing temperance songs. It may be that 
the influence of the Eev. John Marsh, who preached in the old 
church just before my day, was felt in all this. I do not know, 
but think it was probably the beginning of that temperance 
movement that soon extended all over this land. There were 
addresses in the church, a brass band down from Middletown, and 
singing by the children, and a picnic of gingerbread and water. 

The old school-house which stood in the road just north of 
Deacon George Brainerd's, becoming untenable, was torn down, 
and efforts were being made to have a larger and better school- 
building, such as were being put up in other towns — one that 
should be a high-school where boys could be prepared for college. 
Of course, there were the usual differences of opinion and con- 
tentions that seem to be a necessary part of such enterprises, and 
the final outcome was the building of "Brainerd Academy." 
I believe the work was begun in the spring of 1839. Though I 
was present at the laying of the corner-stone, I cannot be sure 
of the date. The school, however, was begun, before the building 
was completed, in the fall of that year in the house of Samuel 
Brainerd, Mr. Dudley of Yale College being the first principal. 
Then followed, perhaps not in this order. Porter H. Snow, Benton, 
Kelley, Eoot, Schenck, Dwight, Shaw, Bowden; and among them 
was Charles W. Bradley, whom I well remember as my instructor 
in Latin and Greek, and who filled me with a love for good books. 
Many a time did he read and explain to me the choicest bits of 
literature from many languages — for he was one of the greatest 
linguists of this country, reading and writing every language on 
the Continent, and later acquiring many Eastern languages. It 
has ever since seemed to me that we boys and girls who attended 
the Academy in the earlier years acquired and retained a more 
practical education than ever I knew any other school to give. I 
wonder if any one in the old town has preserved any copies of the 
"Stepstone" and "Miscellany"— -papers that were written by the 

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pupils, and read every Wednesday afternoon. Any one writing 
a contribution for them accepted by the editors was excused from 
reading a "composition." 

For a number of years a good school, in opposition to the 
Academy, was maintained by Mr. Samuel Arnold, the first teacher 
of the same being a Mr. Langdon. Exhibitions and examinations 
by each school were regularly held, the Academy using the Con- 
gregational church, and Mr. Arnold's the Methodist. A large 
stage was built in the former church in front and on each side 
of the pulpit, with dressing-rooms on each side. No girls were 
permitted to take part in the plays, so their parts were taken by 
young men who masqueraded in their dresses. At the first exhi- 
bition, I, with other boys, went through our little recitations, 
such as, " 'T was midnight— in his guarded tent," "Lochiel, 
Lochiel, beware of the day," "The boy stood on the burning 
deck," and many others; while North's band from Middletown 
discoursed sweetly from the gallery. 

Perhaps a few lines might be given to the old-time singing- 
school, that every winter was held either in "Brainerd HaU" or 
in the chapel at the Academy. These were the days when we 
learned to sing * ' by note, ' ' to pronounce all the words plainly and 
correctly, to keep correct time, and give proper expression to the 
sentiments of the hymn, in the endeavor to sing vtith the spirit 
and the understanding. And such tenor voices as were heard then ! 
Who nowadays hears such sweet, clear, strong voices as those 
of Deacon John Shailer, "Uncle" Moses Tyler, Heman Clark, 
Arnold Hayden, and many others! Were there no bass singers in 
those days? you ask. Hardly any. I cannot recall one, except 
Oliver Smith, and he had a rich, deep, sympathetic voice, but not 
of great power. No doubt some of the older people present can 
remember Deacon Shailer singing ' ' I would not live alway, ' ' to 
the tune of "Prescott. " Do we have such singing now? As I 
write, I can see all the old choir in their places, the leader in 
front, the different instruments in position, each one intent on 
the time being given, and I hear the first notes of that grand 
old "Hallelujah Chorus," as it burst, full and strong, from near 
a hundred voices. 

As I think of those long-gone days, and those who enjoyed them, 
a feeling of sadness comes over me. Who is left of those singers? 
I cannot think of one. Where are they who gathered once a fort- 

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eight in the Sewing Society that met around in the different 
bouses, and later in the winter held the church fair and festival? 
Where are the boys and girls of "sixty years ago"? Is there 
base-ball on the green in the summer, or skating on the "Dollar" 
in the winter? Does the speckled trout come to the beck and call 
of boys now as then? What has become of the "Clam Bay Set- 
tlement," with its towns and villages on the Beaver Brook? Is 
"I spy" still played around the Court-house? and "Horn-away" 
on the swamp when it is frozen over? Are the boy sports of 
that day— and the boy pranks, too — gone forever? 

Yours very truly, 

David B, Ventres. 

Buzzard 's Bay, August 26, 1900. 
My dear Sir: I have received your letter of the 20th instant in- 
viting me to be present at the two-hundredth anniversary of the 
organization of the First Congregational Church of Haddam. I 
am very sorry to say that it will be impossible for me to be 
present on this interesting occasion, though I fully appreciate 
your kind invitation, and the appropriateness of the participation 
of a descendant of one of the early pastors of the church. 

I doubt if I could give you any additional information concern- 
ing Eev. Aaron Cleveland. Any sources of such information I 
may have are not available to me here, as anything of that kind 
remains at our home in Princeton. 

Yours very truly, 

Grover Cleveland. 

Stockbridge, October 15, 1900. 
My dear Mr. Lewis: I am sorry that I cannot be with you in the 
celebration of dear old Haddam. But I find by experience that 
prudence should keep me away. Not that I should not enjoy the 
meeting, but that is the very danger: the more I should enter into 
it the more I should be exhausted by it. As to any sketch of my 
father, if I were to attempt to draw the features of that old saint, 
I should write on and on tiU I should lay down my pen from 
very exhaustion. You will therefore excuse me. 

Yours faithfully, 

Henry M. Field. 
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Thompson's Point, Charlotte, Vt., August 10, 1900. 
Dear Sir: Yours of 7th instant was forwarded from WasMngton, 
and is just received. It would give me pleasure to accept your 
invitation, but my engagements are such that it will be impossible. 
The occasion will doubtless be a memorable one, and I trust it 
may be full of blessing to all who are privileged to be present. 

Very truly yours, 

D. J. Brewer. 



Hurst on Clays, East Grinstead, October 13, 1900. 

Lady Musgrave would express her sincere thanks for having 
been included in the list of guests invited to the anniversary ser- 
vices of the First Congregational Church in Haddam, and regrets 
that it will be impossible for her to participate in them. 

She hopes that many, descendants like herself of those who loved 
and cherished Haddam and its church, will join in the very in- 
teresting ceremony of the seventeenth. 



San Francisco, Cal., September 24, 1900. 
Dear Brother: I thank you for the invitation to participate in 
celebrating the two-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the 
church in Haddam. 

Although my connection with that church was merely as a stated 
supply for less than a year, beginning in the spring of 1845, be- 
fore I had completed my course in the Theological Seminary, it 
was a part of my ministry which I have ever held in warm and 
grateful remembrance. 

A spirit of kind and generous sympathy for the young minister 
was soon disclosed, which greatly encouraged him, and he has 
ever held in grateful and loving honor those noble souls, now long 
since gone to their reward, who so charitably overlooked his faults 
and aided his endeavors. 

After some months it pleased the great Head of the church to 
revive his work in the community. A very decided religious in- 
terest was developed. Several persons prominent in the church, 
but until then reticent in the prayer-meeting, found their hearts 
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decided upon a Christian life. A brighter day had dawned. The 
despondent took heart. The subscription for a new church was 
started, and without long delay the erection of the present edifice 
was assured. 

When the spring of 1846 opened, the outlook had so much im- 
proved that I could not avoid a feeling of serious regret that I 
had, some months before, committed myself to another field of 
labor. But I have never ceased, through fifty-five years of min- 
isterial labor, to cherish a warm and grateful interest in the old 
church in Haddam. It would give me great pleasure to participate 
in the approaching anniversary. But a wide continent intervenes, 
and I cannot come. Please give my hearty benediction to the 
church on that most interesting occasion. 
With sincere regard, 

Your brother in the Lord, 

William H. Gilbert. 



Hartford, Conn., April 20, 1900. 
Dear Brother: It would give me very great pleasure to be pres- 
ent at the two-hundredth anniversary of the Congregational church 
in Haddam, and to meet once more — I was going to say — the mem- 
bers of my former flock: but I remember how few I should find 
living. Fifty years make great changes in a community, and those 
to whom I ministered in my first pastorate must nearly all have 
passed away. 

At the same time it would be very pleasant to visit Haddam once 
more, especially on so peculiar an occasion, and extend a hearty 
hand-shake to the few who might remember me. 

I know I should greatly enjoy visiting the familiar scenes of 
years ago, and thus bring back to remembrance the delightful 
associations of those times. For though I have had several fields 
of labor in the past fifty years, there is not one upon which I look 
back with greater satisfaction than upon the one in Haddam. 
But much as I would enjoy the occasion, I feel too heavily the 
pressure of years to venture on the unavoidable excitement at- 
tending it. 

So I send herewith my very affectionate regards to all who may 
remember me, and to all who may feel a personal interest in me 
on account of my former relations to the church. 

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I hope the occasion may be a delightful one, and that all who 
may be present will gather new strength, from the memory of the 
past, to meet the remaining responsibilities of the coming years. 
Very affectionately yours, 

E. W. Cook. 



Oberlin, Ohio, September 14, 1900. 

To THE DEAR PEOPLE AND FRIENDS IN HaDDAM, CONNECTICUT: 

Z have just received a letter from my son James N. Wright, of 
Detroit, Mich. He says your pastor, Eev. Mr. Lewis, has written 
him that you expect to celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of 
the organization of your church some time next month, and urges 
him to be present with them on that occasion. I hope he will go. 
1 would like to celebrate with you, but I cannot. 

I am aged, weak, and feeble — too feeble to think of taking such 
a journey. If I live till the 18th of next month I shall be eighty- 
seven years old. If I were to be there, I would miss the faces of 
many dear ones, with whom I once mingled, and whom I loved. 

My husband was your pastor for about sixteen years. His min- 
istration among his people was one of loving tenderness. He died 
with you, and numbers of you followed me to his old home at 
Glastonbury, and to his grave. His last words, as I remember 
them, were "Have mercy on this poor people." 

I hope I have written nothing to make you sad. Let the day 
of celebration be a joyful one to all. I will be with you in spirit, 
and perhaps you will sing together for me the hymn from the old 
Plymouth Collection commencing with these words: 

"Oh, could I speak the matchless worth, 
Oh, could I sound the glories forth 
Which in my Saviour shine"; 

or the hymn commencing thus: 

"Love divine, all love excelling." 

Either one wiU do. They are precious hymns to me. 
Am I asking too much? If so, forgive me. 
Let it be a happy day for all, and may God bless you all. 

Sincerely yours, 

Lucy A. Wright. 

187 



FROM THE CHURCH RECORDS 



Present headnote explaining how catalogue was 
compiled and some abbreviations. 



The original records, whicli begin with Mr. May's pastorate in 
1756, were closely followed in compiling this list of members. A 
few names, however, twenty-three from the sixty years previous 
to 1756, and others not found in our books, but given in the records 
of other churches as received by letter from this church, were 
recovered and added to the number. Much information, some 
of it very difficult to obtain, as to the removal of members to 
other places, the changes in names by marriage, the dates of death 
and ages, has been secured for the purpose of filling out and 
verifying the record. Those who can supply any additional facts, 
or correct any errors, are particularly requested to inform the 
clerk or pastor. 

Members received by letter are indicated by giving after the 
name in brackets, [ ], the place and, if from another denomina- 
tion, the church from which they came; I following the name sig- 
nifies dismission by letter, and the year and place, if known, are 
afiixed. H follows the names of those who became members of 
the Higganum church at its formation. May 14, 1844, or soon 
after; w. indicates withdrawal of fellowship for either long ab- 
sence without being heard from, or joining other churches without 
receiving a letter or certificate from this church, and also in some 
instances for other causes which are specified in votes on record; 
exclusion from membership is indicated by ex. The maiden name 
of married women is given in italics; also, in parenthesis, ( ), the 
husband's Christian name, or, if a member of tliis church, his 
catalogue number, but marriage subsequent to joining the church 
is indicated by m. followed by the husband's name, or his number 
when he is a member of the church. 

Names are indexed by their catalogue number, females by their 
name when they joined this church, and, if married later, by that 
name also. 

Places and churches are designated by their present rather than 
by earlier names. 

Eem. indicates that it is not known that the person took a letter 
on removing from the place. 

* is affixed to names of members marked by Mr. May as having 
died before his ministry closed, in cases where dates of death have 
not been obtained. 



Died 


Age 


1715 


74 


1734 


79 


1737 


79 


1752 


86 


1742 


73 



HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 
OF THE CHURCH 

AS FAR AS KNOWN SINCE ITS ORGANIZATION IN 1G96 



1 Daniel Brainerd, Dea. — to 1715 

2 Thomas Brooks, Dea. — to 1734 

3 John Ventres, "A member of ye 

Church of Christ in Haddam, ' ' 
bapt. at Midtn. Jan. 17, 1697 

4 Joseph Arnold, Dea. — to 1752 

5 James Brainerd, Dea. — to 1742 

The ' ' seven brethren from the 
church in Haddam ' ' referred to by 
Dr. Field, Statistical Account, p. 79, 
as among the constituent members of 
the East Haddam church, 1704, are 
probably the following seven, vrho 
resided earlier on tliis side of the 
river. 

6 George Gates 1724 S9 

7 Daniel Cone 1706 HO 

8 William Spencer 

9 Joseph Gates, ''in full communion" 

here, 1697 1712 49 

10 Thomas Gates, Dea. E. Had. 1704- 

1734 1734 69 

11 Daniel Cone, Jr., Dea. E. Had. 1704- 

1725 . 1725 60 

12 Daniel Brainerd, Jr., "in full com- 

munion" at Haddam, June 9, 1700, 

Dea. E. Had. 1725-1743 1743 76 

13 Benjamin Scovil, I E. Had. 1715 

14 Amy Scovil (13), Z E. Had. 1715 

Of the fourteen constituent mem- 
bers of the Middle Haddam Congre- 
gational Church, 1740, the following 
seven resided in or near Haddam 
Neck, and are believed to have been 
members of this church. 

15 Ebenezer Smith, Dea. M. Had. 1740- 

1752 1752 SI 

13 193 



]6 
17 

IS 

19 

21 

22 

23 



24 
25 
26 

27 
28 
29 
30 

31 

32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 
38 
39 
40 
41 
42 
43 
44 
45 
46 
47 
48 
49 
50 

51 
52 
53 
54 





Died 


Age 




1753 


66 




1776 


79 


Had. 1740- 


1772 






1792 


81 




1776 


62 


ev. Pliineas, 








1761 


65 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Dr. Joshua Arnold 
James Braiuerd, Jr. 
Gideon Arnold, Dea. M. 

1772 
Josiah Brainerd 
Ebenezer Smith, Jr. 
Nathan Brainerd 
Capt. John Fiske, bro. ] 

I Portland 1745 
Sarah Fiske (22), I Portland 1745 

The following one hundred names 
were recorded by Mr. May, without 
giving the dates of admission, as the 
roll of members when he was or- 
dained, June 30, 1756. 
Rebecca Selden Wells (James), wid. 
Benjamin Smith 
Hannah Benton Scovil (Edward) 

Smith (25) 
Deborah Spencer, wid. 
Catharine Shailer (Thomas^), wid. 
Solomon Bates 
Elizabeth Brainerd, wid., prob. Fishe 

(Rev. Neh.) 
Ebenezer Ventres 
Abiel Ventres (31) 
Joseph Smith, Dea. 1771-1790 
Elizabeth Cone Smith (33) 
William Scovil, b. 1706 
Hannah Shailer Scovil (35) 
Mary Shailer (Joseph), wid. 
James Ray abt. 

Elizabeth Wells Smith (Simon), wid. 
Abraham Tyler 

Sarah Tyler Arnold (David), wid. 
Azariah Dickinson 
Nehemiah Dickinson 
Esther Bailey Dickinson (43) 
Joseph Cone 
Susanna Wells Cone (45) 
Elisha Cone, Dea. 1742-1809 
Thomas Brooks, Dea. 1742-1781 
Mehitable Clark, wid. 
Col. Hezekiah Brainerd, Dea. 1764- 

1774 
Mary Fislce Brainerd (50) 
John Bailey 
Esther Bailey (52) 
Elijah Brainerd, Dea. 1759-1764 

194 



1764 85 
1763 99 

1771 95 



1785 80 

1793 71 
* 

1759 55 

1790 79 



1786 107 
* 

1776 70 
* 

1798 89 

1787 74 
1792 76 
1779 74 

1809 99 

1781 83 



1774 67 

1798 85 

1767 78 

1764 58 



HISTOKICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 



55 
56 
57 

58 

59 
60 
61 
62 
63 
64 
65 
66 
67 
68 
69 
70 
71 
72 
73 
74 
75 

76 

77 
78 
79 
80 
81 

82 
83 
84 

85 
86 

87 
88 
89 
90 
91 
92 
93 
94 
95 
96 
97 
98 



Phebe Davies Brainerd (54) abt. 

Benjamin Bailey abt. 

Judith Sutlief Clark (William), wid. 

Thankful Brainerd Brainerd (Jacob), 
wid. 

Michael Clark 

Elizabeth Arnold Clark (59) 

Jeremiah Hubbard 

Alice Shailer Hubbard (61) 

Samuel Brainerd 

Phineas Spencer, I 1760 

Lydia Pratt Fiske (Eev. Phineas), wid. 

Esther Brainerd 

Sarah Arnold 

Benjamin Smith 

Hepzibah Smith (68) 

Martha Smith (Ens. Danl.) 

Mary Ventres Wells (166) abt. 

Sarah Daniels Brainerd (5), wid. 

Caleb Cone 

Sarah Smith, m. Ezekiel Bailey 

Elizabeth Lewis Shailer (Hez.) Smith 
(Lt. David), wid. 

Mary Smith 

Susanna Clark 

Thankful Clark (David) 

Abigail Porter (William) 

Martha Wells Shailer (Thomas*) 

Ehoda Arnold Scovil (John), Ailing 
(Thomas), I New Haven 1757 

Mehitable Clark (88) 

Charles Hazleton 

Mary Smith Shailer (Samuel), m. Gid- 
eon Dudley 

Euth Ventres Lewis (Zeb., Jr.), wid. 

Experience Arnold Hoyt (Stephen), 
wid. 

Christopher, colored 

Jacob Clark abt. 

Samuel Ellis 

Elizabeth Brainerd 

Susanna Arnold Hazleton (Jas.) 

Sarah Smith Smith (171); m. (169) 

Martha Arnold (Samuel) 

Stephen Smith 

Deborah Spencer Smith (94) 

Cornelius Higgins, Esq. 

Sarah Saiues Higgins (96) 

Joseph Brooks abt. 

195 



Died 
1791 
1778 
1764 


Age 


1806 

1763 

* 


97 

49 


1803 

1760 

1787 
* 


87 
47 
80 


1765 


83 


* 




1778 


78 


1775 
1761 
1770 
1790 


60 
56 

88 
86 


1761 
* 


56 


* 




1783 
1758 
1796 


75 

54 
86 


* 




* 




1796 


75 


1795 


79 



1761 



1774 70 

1778 55 

1817 98 

1792 77 

1812 100 

1803 81 

1788 68 

1796 80 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVEESARY 

Died Age 
99 Jeremiah Spencer 

100 Martha Bartlett Thomas (Evan) 1806 81 

101 Martha Ray (James, Jr.), md. * 

102 Silence Fuller Selden (Joseph) 1801 80 

103 David Spencer, I Meriden 1759 * 

104 Phineas Brainerd 1803 83 

105 Jerusha Towner Brainerd (104) 1797 73 

106 Elizabeth Clark * 

107 Sarah Arnold Lewis (Nathan) 1814 90 

108 Stephen Smith 1768 82 

109 Martha Williams Smith (108) 

110 Temperance /S7tatier Hubbard (Daniel), 

wid. * 

111 Abigail Spencer ( ) * 

112 Sarah Clark Walkley (Ebenezer), m. 

Thos. Hubbard * 

113 Samuel Smith 

114 Anna Smith (113) 1799 72 

115 Susanna Clark * 

116 Dr. Hopestill Crittenden * 

117 Capt. James Hazleton 1788 64 

118 Richard Johnson abt. 1780 

119 Williams Smith, 80 yrs. a member 1816 96 

120 Abigail Smith (119) * 

121 Robert Cogswell, I Midtn. 1st 1761 

122 Sarah Bailey Cogswell (121), I Midtn. 

1st 1761 

123 Rebecca Bates Spencer (Ephraim), 

wid. 



ELEAZER MAY, PASTOR 1756-1803 ; 

1756 

Susanna Boyd, wid. * 

Hannah Shailer (Abel), wid. [Gilead] 1770 
Mary Dickinson (42) [Hadlyme] 

1757 

Thomas Church 1768 
Samuel Scovil 

Elisha Brainerd 1790 57 

Jabez Brainerd 1778 64 

Hannah Clark Brainerd (130) 1806 93 
Anna Bailey (James), rem. Farm- 

ington * 

196 



124 


Nov. 


125 




126 


Dec. 


127 


Jan. 


128 




129 




130 


Mar. 


131 




132 





1819 


88 


1803 


76 


* 




rt- 

* 




1787 


67 


1769 


39 


m. 




1823 


89 


1802 


74 


1811 


78 


1770 


36 


i 1825 


88 


1806 


71 


1826 


87 


1 1813 


95 



HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 

Died Age 

133 Hannah Crook (Shubael) 

134 Apr. Martha Scovil * 

135 Ithiel Dean * 

136 Nathaniel Sutlief 

137 May Stephen Bailey 

138 Eunice Croolc Bailey (137) 

139 Silence Wilcox Eanney (175) [I 

land] 

140 July Daniel Clark 

141 Daniel Spencer 

142 Elizabeth ClarJc Spencer (141), 

(137) 

143 Joel Hubbard 

144 Ann Clark Hubbard (143) 

145 David Smith 2d 

146 Lydia Cogswell Smith (145), m. 

Wm. Brainerd, (c) Wm. Bradford 

147 Elijah Brainerd, Jr. 

148 Lucy Smith Brainerd (147) 

149 Sept. Esther Brainerd Brainerd (Samuel) 

150 Nov. Mary Smith Johnson (210) 

151 Isaac Bartlett, yr. of adm. unkn., 

Durham 1758 



1758 

152 Feb, Ephraim Pratt [Centerbrook] 

153 Beulah WHUamson Pratt (152) [Cen- 

terbrook] 

154 Nathaniel Whitmore * 

155 John Smith 1808 79 

156 Catharine Smith (155) 1767 

157 July Abigail Easleton Spencer (Elizur) 



1759 

158 Mar. John Lewis, I Chester 1767 

159 Deborah l^evds (158), I Chester 1767 

160 Oct. Abner Porter * 

161 Ann Porter (160) 

162 Patience Ellis * 

163 Nov. John Ventres 1818 88 

164 Elizabeth Anwld Ventres (163) * 

165 Dec. Thomas Hubbard 1795 82 

166 Joseph Wells, Esq. 1777 69 

197 



Died Age 



178 
179 


Apr. 


180 
181 


May 


182 


Oct. 


183 




184 




185 


June 


186 




187 
188 


July 


189 




190 




191 




192 


Mar. 


193 
194 
195 


Apr. 
July 
Sept. 





1777 


75 




1790 


65 




1763 






1760- 


- 




1767 

# 


67 


abt. 


1769 


63 



HADDAM CHUECH ANNIVERSARY 

1760 

167 Joel or Jared Spencer, year of adm 

unknown, I 1760 
167a Elizabeth Spencer, year of adm. un- 

known, I Spencertown 1761 

168 Mar. Joseph Bradford [Westbrook] 

169 May Jonathan Boardman 

170 Zeruiah ElderMn Boardman (169) 

171 July John Smith 

172 Nov. Capt. Gideon Brainerd 

173 Sarah Selden Brainerd (172) 

174 Dec. Samuel Arnold, Yale 1724 

1761 

175 Apr. Ephraim Ranney 1762 37 

176 June Benjamin Spencer * 

177 July Ruth Cone 



1762 

Nathan Smith 1783 53 

Mary Thomas Smith (178), m. (96) 1819 84 
Eunice Ciarfc Smith (643) 1823 83 

Sarah \Snow?] Porter (Wm.) [Cen- 

terbrook] 
Rachel Porter Tyler (191) 1806 71 

Hannah Johnson (Amos) 
Elizabeth Pelton Johnson (Stephen) 1827 88 

1763 

Josiah Scovil, I Westfield, Mass., 1807 

Frances Scovil (185) 1806 72 

John Wilcox 1808 76 

Anne Stevens "Wilcox (187) 1821 88 

James Arnold 

Mary Arnold (189) 

Timothy Tyler 1813 77 

1764 

Joshua Brooks 

Charles Sears 

Martha Hubbard Brainerd (129) 

John Bailey, Jr. 

198 



1824 


82 


1793 


63 


1813 


76 


1777 


65 



HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 

Died Age 

196 Wakemau Brooks 1809 G8 

197 Mary WalMey Brooks (196) 

198 Nov. Abigail Broolcs Thomas (279) 1802 70 



1765 

199 May Else Pratt Spencer (John) 

200 Sept. Jedidah Thomas Tyler (Col. Abraham) 1828 

201 Nov. Hepzibah Spencer Brainerd (Increase) 



1766 

202 May Mary Euldard Smith (James), rem. 1S32 91 

203 Aug. Gideon Brainerd, Jr. 1801 72 

204 Sarah Eichardson Brainerd (203) 1812 79 

205 Abigail Diclinson Tyler (Samuel) 1835 90 

206 Sept. Timothy Towner 

207 Oct. Jerusha Brainerd Shailer (Ezra) * 

208 Nov. Nehemiah Brainerd, Dea. 1784-1807 1807 66 

209 Sarah Brainerd Brainerd (208) 1819 78 



1767 

Richard Johnson, Jr. 

Sarah Tyler Smith (John) 1768 27 

EUakim Brainerd, Dea. 1784-1815 1815 83 

Charles Smith, Rev. 1800 55 

Mary Williams Smith (213) 1805 62 

Benjamin Spencer [Sjiencertown] 
Dorothy Spencer Spencer [Spencer- 
town] 
Ruth Bailey Thomas (Aaron), I W. 
Spfd., Mass., 1806 



1768 

218 Sept. Susanna Bonfoey 1771 35 

1769 

219 Jan. Lydia Cone Tyler (Joseph), rem. Ley- 

den, N. Y. 1823 87 

220 Nov. Abigail Smith Smith (John) 

199 



210 
211 


May 
June 


212 
213 


Aug. 


214 




215 
216 


Sept. 


217 


Get. 



IIADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 



221 

222 July 

223 

224 

225 

226 

227 



1770 

jMarthn Brown 

J'l/.ni Tylor 

I'rudoiu-o IHt'htirdson Tyler (222), m. 

Jos. Arnold 
Dorothy Brainerd, ni. Rev. Thomas 

Miner 
Esther Brainerd Brooks (John), wid., 

m. Ozias Bidwell 
Thonnis Bates | Coutorbrook] 
]\lrs. Thomas Bates [Centerbrook] 



Died 


Age 


17S5 


52 


1S04 


GO 


1828 


88 


ISOl 


52 



228 
229 


Apr. 
Juno 


230 




231 




232 
233 


July 


234 




235 




236 
237 


Aug. 


238 


Nov. 


239 




240 




241 


Dec. 


242 





1771 

Deborah Leiris Clark (140) 1775 56 

Zaehariah Brainerd 1826 84 

RIehitable Chirl: Brainerd (229) 1834 89 

Richard Knowles 1814 88 

.lames Hubbard 1808 75 
Hepzibah .Smith Hubbard (232), rem. 

Harpersfield, N. Y. 

Solomon Walkley 1824 79 

Rebeeca Ilazleto'n Walkley (234) 1806 56 

Samuel Hubbard 1813 81 

Sarah Smith Hubbard (236) 1818 85 

Abner Smith, rem. Cromwell 1828 84 
Mehitable Knowles Smith (238) 
David Bates 
Samuel Riiy, w. 1780 

Esther Smi'th, m. (490) 1813 57 



1772 

243 Jan. Josiah Huntinf^ton, rem., ret. 1815 

244 Rhoda Luomis lluntinytou (243), rem. 

245 June I'hebe Rav (241 ) 

246 July IMary MUils Hubbard (61) 

247 Sept. Abigail Tyler Ijewis (Elcazer), m. Jo- 

siah Brainerd, rem. Windham, N. Y., 
1806 



1835 90 



ISIO 95 



1773 

248 Apr. Mary Smith Arnold (Joseph, Jr.) 1781 38 

249 Eleanor Bazleton Hiijgins (370) 1775 32 

250 June Hannah Wells Bates^ (Elihu) 1830 89 

200 



HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 

Died Age 
251 Martha Smith Smith (Jonathan) Mer- 

win (James) 1808 70 

Sarah Ely 

Margaret Smith (Benj.) [Hamburg] * 

Abigail Eiggins Eay (Theodore), vdd. 
Sarah Brainerd, dau. of Samuel 
Nathaniel Eay [by letter] 1804 79 

James Young, rem. Lee, Mass. 
Hannah Fuller Young (257) 

1774 

Capt. Nathan Lewis prob. bef. 1782 

Samuel Church [Hadlyme] 
Sarah Eiggins Church (260) [Had- 
lyme] 
Ambrose Arnold 1817 71 

Temperance Bailey 
Elizabeth Clark (William) 
Eunice ClarJc Hubbard (290), rem. 
Hannah Scovil Bailey (Oliver) 
Susanna Cone Shailer (Asa) 1826 90 

Sarah Board ))m» Hubbard (Thos., Jr.) 1829 77 
Hawes Higgins, to Bapt. w. 1834 82 

Lucinda Bushnell Higgins (269), to 

Bapt. w. 1834 80 

271 Mary Eosmer Bidwell Brainerd (Hen- 

ry), rem, O. 1839 87 

1775 

272 Jan. Eunice Augur, m. Stephen Spencer 1820 80 

273 May Abner Spencer 1802 67 

274 Deborah Clark Spencer (273) 1826 84 

275 Mary White Clark (James, Jr.) 

276 Martha Ar7iold Doane (Phineas) * 

277 Sarah Clarh Sears (193), m. Benj. 

Pickett 1828 87 

278 Sept. Damaris WalTcley Hubbard (Aaron), 

rem. Batavia, N. Y. 1818 

279 Nov. 20. Lt. Ebenezer Thomas 1805 77 

1776 



252 




253 

254 
255 


Aug. 
Sept. 


256 


Oct. 


257 


Nov. 


258 




259 


Mar. 


260 
261 


Apr. 


262 




263 


June 


264 
265 


July 


266 
267 


Aug. 


268 
269 


Sept. 
Oct. 


270 





280 


Feb. 18. 


Dr. Hezekiah Brainerd 


1805 


63 


281 




Elizabeth Johnson Brainerd (280) 


1813 


63 


282 




Martha Cone Clark (Stephen) 


1828 


83 


283 


Mar. 


John Sutlief 






284 




Lydia Stevens (James) 
201 







285 




28G 


Apr. 


287 




288 




289 




290 


May 


291 




292 


June 


293 




294 




295 




296 


Oct. 


297 


Nov. 


297a 





298 


Jan. 


299 


June 


300 


Sept. 


301 




302 




303 




304 


Oct. 


305 




306 




307 


Nov. 


308 


Nov. 


309 


Oct. 


310 





Died 


Afje 


1809 


63 


1808 


90 


1812 


83 


1823 


81 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Eunice Co7ie Spencer (Joseph) 

Isaac Augur 

Eunice 'Tyler Augur (286) 

Sarah Bailey Hubbard (Timothy) 

Abner Tibbals, Jr. 

Daniel Hubbard, rem. New Durham, 

N. Y., 1792 
Lydia Sj^em-er Bailey (Gideon, Jr.), I 

Millington, 1781, and ret. See 503 1827 
Daniel Brainerd 1809 57 

Susanna Clarh Brainerd (292) 1799 48 

Lewis Smith, Dea. Leyden, N. Y. 1841 88 

Ann Hubbard Smith (294) 

Euth Johnson Pelton (James) 1829 93 

Eunice Hi ff (fins Bates (Amos) 
Capt. Jeremiah Hubbard, yr. of adm, 

unkn., I Cromwell, 1794 1808 62 

297b Flora Ilasleton Hubbard (297a), yr. 

of adni. unkn., I Cromwell, 1794 1833 86 

1777 

Eber Tibbals 1818 67 
Mehi table Knoioles Dickinson (Amos), 

wid. 1841 89 
Helen Stillman Simmons (Joshua) 

Hannah Dickinson Shailer (Hez.) 1828 78 

Mary Enowles Burr (Joseph) 1835 84 

Judith Clarl: Clark (Aaron) 1820 74 

Bezalecl Shailer, ex. 1804 1810 74 

Susanna Bailey Shailer (304) 1830 81 

Hannah StocMng Bates (Eleazcr) 1827 71 

Martha Bates Cone (Elisha, Jr.) 1823 

1778 

Hannah Bradford Russell ( ), wid. 

1779 

Heman Brainerd 1803 49 

David Higgins, Rev., Yale 1785 1842 81 

1780 

311 Mar. Dorothy Scovil, m. John Dickinson 

312 Dee. Susanna Tyler White (Timothy) Smith 

(155) 1819 93 

202 



HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 



313 Sept. 



1781 

Elizabeth Taylor (Joseph) 



Died Age 



314 


Oct. 


315 




316 


Jan. 


317 




318 


June 



1782 

Sarah Arnold (Joel) 1818 84 

Mary Tyler, rem. Leyden, N. Y. 

1785 

Charles Sears, Jr., I Jericho, N. Y., 

1806 
Diana Stevens Sears (316), I Jericho, 

N. Y., 1806 
Christiana Bailey Clark (Wm.) 1820 



1786 

Mary Church Ventres (Stephen) Scovil 

(Saml.) 
William Clark 
Anne Johnson Clark (320) 

1787 

Oliver Brainerd 1834 76 

Capt. John Brainerd 1820 66 

Hannah Hubbard Brainerd (323) 1795 39 

Anne Smith Thomas (Evan, Jr.) 
Sarah Hubbard Spencer (Abraham), 

wid. 
Rebecca Bates Hubbard (Aurunah), 

rem. New Durham, N. Y., 1792 
Abigail Clark Smith Boardman (Jon., 

Jr.) 1823 66 

Capt. David Brainerd, rem. French 

Grant, O. 1828 80 

Hannah Willard Brainerd (329) 1840 90 

Joseph Scovil, Esq. 1839 82 

Sarah Spencer Scovil (331) 1825 66 



1788 

John Kelly 

Martha Freeman Bailey (Jer.), Tvid. 

John Scovil, I Leyden, N. Y., 1810 

203 



1788 



HADDAM CHUECH ANNIVERSARY 

Died 

336 Elizabeth Spencer Scovil (335), I 

Leyden, N. Y., 1810 

337 Hezekiah Clark 1799 

338 Oliver Wells, Esq. 1820 

1789 

339 Mar, Joseph Augur, I Chester 1806 1847 

340 Jeremiah Brainerd 1822 

341 Aug. Hezekiah Spencer 1830 

342 Mary Bevin (Wm.), yr. of adm. unkn., 

I E. Hampton 1790 

1791 

343 July Amni SoutJiworth Arnold (Jos., Jr.) 1846 

344 Catharine Scovil 1829 

345 Widow Clark 

346 Esther Clarlc Crook (Joseph) 

347 Phebe Clarlc Crook (Whitmore) 

348 Mary Spencer Treadwell (James), wid. 

349 Oct. Edward Selden, I Windsor 1805 

350 Sibyl May Selden (349), I Windsor 

1805 



1793 

351 Jan. Lois Smith, m. Reuben Brainerd, I Dur- 

ham 1824 



1794 

352 Sept. 27. Esther Brainerd Clark (Chipman) 

353 — — Jonathan Burr 

354 — — Lydia Bailey Burr (353) 



1795 

355 Oct. Gideon Brainerd, Jr. 

1797 

356 Nathaniel Burr, w. 1810 

357 Esther BicTcinson Tyler (James), wid., 

I Chester 1824 

358 Sarah Scovil 

204 



HISTOEICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 

1798 

Died Age 

Shailer Hubbard 1832 

Miriam Hubbard (Giles) 

1798 or previous to 1804 

Stephen Smith 1834 85 

Jonathan Huntington, Dea. 1806- 

1844, H 1848 73 

Cynthia Huntington, m, Daniel Sayre, 

I Canton, N. Y., 1807 
Sibyl Selden, I Windsor 1805 



DAVID D. FIELD, PASTOE 1804-1818 

1804 

June 3. Anna Chase (James), I Windham, 
N. Y., 1807 
Submit DicJcinson Field (Eev. D. D.) 
[Somers], I Stockbridge, Mass., 1819, 
ret. 1837 1861 78 

17. Susanna Arnold Eay (Levi), wid. 1831 65 

Hannah Child Cone (John), m. Israel 

Smith, H 1852 73 

Naomi Chambers (James), I Pro v., 
E. I., 1810 
24. Cornelius Higgins 1834 90 

Esther Kelsey Higgins (370) 1836 85 

July 8. Dr. Levi Ward, I prob. Eochester 
Mehitable Band Ward (372), I 
Hubbel Stevens [Killingworth], I Che- 
shire 1808 
>75 Anne Stevens (374) [Killingworth], 

I Cheshire 1808 
!76 Elisha Stevens [Killingworth], I Che- 

shire 1808 
177 Anne Stevens (376) [Killingworth], I 

Cheshire 1808 
15. Stephen Tibbals, Esq. 1838 79 

Martha Burr Tibbals (378) 1835 76 

James Walkley, Dea. 1819-1839 1839 66 

Lydia Spencer Walkley (380) 1861 78 

David Walkley, I W. Spf d., Mass., 1809, 
ret. 1810 
29. Joseph Brooks, I W. Spfd., Mass., 1806 

205 



Died 


Age 


1850 


74 


1849 


69 


1864 


S3 


1834 


79 


1827 


72 


1845 


66 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

384 Mary Hubiard Hubbard (Morris), H 

385 Aaron Brainerd 

386 Benjamin Parmalee 

387 John Whittlesey, Eev. 

388 Aug. 5, John Smith, Jr. 

389 Anna Clark Smith (388) 

390 Sarah Arnold, m. Ezra I3rainerd, H 

391 Dolly Clark, I Durham 1805 

392 28. Curtis Smith, I Otis, Mass. 1846 84 

393 Asenath Brainerd Smith (392), I Otis, 

Mass. 1855 87 

394 Olive Smith (Amos), I Durham 1822 

395 Susan Brooks, rem. Bergen, N. Y. 

396 Hannah Brooks, m. (613), H 1863 84 

397 Sept. 2. Simon Walkley, I W. Spfd., Mass., 1809 

398 Drusilla Smith Walkley (397), I W. 

Spfd., Mass., 1809 

399 Rebecca Walkley 

400 Hannah Walkley 

401 23. Sylvanus Clark, I Guilford 1827 

402 Dolly Smith Clark (401) 

403 Jemima Brainerd, m. (a) Whitmore 

Crook, (b) Stephen Dickinson, H 

404 30. Eliakim Brainerd 

405 Lucy Smith Brainerd (404) 

406 Oct. 2. Sarah Smith Hazleton (Nathl.), I Deep 

River 

407 14. Concurrence Smith Bonfoey (Bena- 

nuel), H 

408 Dolly Brainerd, m. (709), H 

409 Dec. 2. Hannah Hazleton (117), wid, 

1805 

410 Mar. 31. Anna Clark 

411 Aug. 25. Mary Gratrax ( ),l Prov., R. I., 1807 

412 Oct. 6. Elizabeth Arnold (Ambrose) 

413 Dec. 1. Dolly Thomas Brainerd (Zach.) Church 

(John), wid. 

1806 

414 July 6. Lucy Sinith Brainerd (212) 1821 82 

1807 

415 Mar. 22. Eunice Eodglin Crover (Geo.) Skin- 

ner (461), H 1854 S9 

206 



1838 
1856 


69 
81 


1823 


63 


1851 
1815 
1862 


84 

55 

101 


1849 
1867 
1812 


89 
88 
81 


1809 


32 


1814 


67 



HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 



Died Age 



416 May 3. Dan Carter [Killingworth], rem. Lisle, 

N. Y. 

417 June 7. Timothy Gladwin 1807 30 

1808 

418 June 5. Mary Smith Bailey (John), m. (b) 

(262), (c) Chas. Brainerd 

419 July 21. Susanna Smith (Henry), I Ellsworth 

1813 

420 Oct. 30. David Dickinson 1822 65 

421 Lois Clarlc Dickinson (420), m. Na- 

thaniel Griswold, I Killingworth 1850 90 

422 Nov. 27. Zeruiah Falmer Bailey (Reuben) 1835 75 



1809 

June 5. Anna Spencer 1809 27 

July 16. Henry Nichols, I Colchester 1810 

Ezra Kelsey, H 1881 92 

Rebecca Brooks Brainerd (Neh.), 

I Madison 1850 
Aug. 6. Nathaniel Hull 

Sally Tibbals Hull (427) 

Catharine Hubbard, blind 

Eli Hubbard 

Ebenezer Thomas 

Clark Selden, I Middletown 1814 

Elizabeth Wilcox Selden (432), I 

Midtn. 1814 
Esther Brainerd 
Fanny Hazleton, m. (385) 
Dr. Chauncey Andrews, I Mt. Carmel 

1815 
15. Elizabeth Brainerd, m. Saml. W. Pratt, 

I Centerbrook 1811 
22. Elizabeth Spencer (Jas.), I Clinton 

1813 
Martha Tibbals Spencer (Jos.), H 1865 84 

Larissa Ray, m. Orrin Lane, rem. Mt. 

Vernon, O. 1874 81 

29. Heber Brainerd 1846 76 

Seth Arnold 1826 42 

Submit Bailey Arnold (442), I Midtn. 

South 1840 1841 54 

PoUy Smith, m. Jehiel Hull, I Durham 

1810, ret. 1811 

207 



429 


13. 


430 


20. 


431 


Sept. 3. 


432 




433 




434 




435 


10. 


436 


Oct. 8. 



1844 


67 


1844 


64 


1825 


81 


1817 


46 


1811 


46 


1848 


72 


1860 


67 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

445 Cynthia Clark, m. James Parmalee, 

rem. Durham 

446 Nov. 19, Jesse Higgins 



Died Age 



447 Feb. 11. 

448 

449 

450 

451 

452 

453 

454 

455 

456 Mar, 4. 

457 

458 

459 18. 

460 25. 

461 June 3, 

462 July 22, 

463 Aug, 5. 



464 
465 
466 
467 



19. 



468 Sept. 23. 

469 
470 

471 30. 

472 

473 

474 Oct. 28. 

475 Nov. 4. 
476 

477 



478 
479 



18. 



1810 

David Pratt, Eev, 1824 36 

Hazael Smith, H 1866 91 

Jemima Hubbard Smith (448), H 1851 73 

Miriam Hubbard, H 1851 65 

Sally Hubbard, m. Ezra Kelsey, H 1865 75 

Hancy Hubbard, m. Saml. Simons, 

I Manchester 1814 
Ehoda Hubbard, H 1877 89 

Julia Hubbard, m. (768), H 

Esther Spencer, m. Geo. Burr 1867 77 

Fiske Brainerd, Dea. 1826 1826 43 

Prudah Smith Arnold (Josiah), m. 

John Arnold, ex. 1813 
David Walkley [W, Spfd.], see 382, 

ex. 1840 
James Brooks, Jr. 
Eleazer Brainerd, Rev. 
Thomas Skinner 
Betsey Clark, H 
Margaret DeWitt Dwight May (John), 

m. Reuben Cone, I Brick Pres., N. Y., 

1814 
Richard Skinner 
Martha Bailey Skinner (464) 
Clarissa Thomas, rem., ret, 1835 
Sabra Brainerd Bailey (Russell) 

Gladwin (Willard) 
Priscilla Parmalee (Linus), rem. 

N. Y. State 
Susanna Arnold, I Brooklyn, O. 
Dorothy May, ae. 13 [New Durham, 

N. Y.], H 1888 91 

Hannah Smith Brooks (Joslma) 1819 79 

Desire Bailey Spencer (Elizur) 1839 81 

Susanna Siuith Kelsey (George) 1828 68 

Abigail Thomas, 2d 

Hannah Say Ventres (163) 1837 84 

Anna Shailer Shailer (598) 1842 74 

Candace Arnold Clark (Jas.), m. John 

Clark, I 
Lydia Brooks (James), I at large 1819 
Fanny Andrews (436), I Mt, Carmel 

1815 

208 



1854 


61 


1825 


54 


1845 


75 


1842 


77 


1840 


70 


1844 


63 



HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 
1811 

Died Age 

480 Mar. 28. Sally Nancy Parmalee Church (Thos., 

Jr.) [Killingworth], rem. LeEoy, 
N. Y., 1817 

481 Sept. 24. Jerusha Brainerd Kelsey (Jas.), rem. 

N. Y. State 

482 Dec. 22. Polly Smith Hull [Durham], see 444 

483 Chauncey Stevens [Durham], I Durham 

1818 



1812 

484 June 21. Lucinthia Smitli Higgins (446) [E. 

Hampton] 

1813 

485 June 2. William Knowles 1820 88 

486 Nov. 21. Anna Bushnell Dickinson (Aaron) 1809 85 



1814 

487 Mar. 3. William Scranton [Guilford], I 1818 

488 Apr. 24. Jeremiah Gates [M. Had. 1st], rem. 

Watertown, N. Y. 

489 May 29. Sarah Elliot Boardman (490) [Clin- 

ton], H 1846 70 

490 Sept. 18. Luther Boardman 1829 79 

491 Nov. 6. Sibyl Brainerd Smith (Sylvester), m. 

Calvin Thomas, H 1866 87 

1815 

492 Mar, 26. Jesse Dorastus Wright [Westbrook], 

rem. South 

493 Apr. 30. Josiah Huntington [Htfd. 2d], see 243, 

I Rome, N. Y. 1835 90 

494 Abigail Gilbert Huntington (493) 

[Htfd. 2d], I Rome, N. Y. 

495 Abigail Huntington [Htfd. 2d], I 

Rome, N. Y. 



1816 

496 July 9. James Clark, H 1864 90 

14 209 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVEESARY 

1817 

Died Age 

497 Feb. 6. Job Hubbard 1822 82 

498 Mar. 2. Lowly Grannis (556) [Durham], I Ge- 

neva, N. Y. 

499 June 1. Polly Exihhard Smith (Eliab), rem. 

Bergen, N. Y. 1S33 53 

500 Mary Anna Smith, m. Ansel Goff, I at 

large 

501 Sept. 7. Eliza Smith Brainerd 1820 19 

502 Nov. 2. William Kuowles 1821 23 

Of the nineteen names following, 
which are not found in the regular 
records, seventeen are on lists of mem- 
bers in 1804, and also in 1818— all but 
one on both lists; and the last two are 
among the dismissions. 

503 Lydia Spencer Bailey (Gideon), by 

letter, see 291, m. (b) E Tibbals, (c) 
Josiah Peltou, (d) Constant Webb, 
I Chester 1824 1827 

504 Mary Bailey 

505 Elizabeth Brainerd (David) 

506 Prosper Brainerd 1821 85 

507 Mary Bailey Brainerd (506) 1824 81 

508 Euth Siocl-iny Brainerd (Shubael) 

Brainerd (309), rem. Bergen, O. 

509 Sarah Brainerd Brainerd (340) 1809 72 

510 Huldah Spencer Cone (Silas) 

511 Eunice Crook 

512 Eunice Parker Doane (Phineas), wid. 1824 84 

513 David Hubbard, Dea. 1806-1836 1836 87 

514 Hannah CUirl Hubbard (513) 1832 75 

515 Euth Hubbard 

516 Susanna Hubbard, blind 1827 90 

517 Lydia Brainerd Porter (Abner) 

Knowles (Walker) 1836 77 

518 Eebecca Brainerd Smith (690) 1818 72 

519 Ann Brainerd Wells (338) 1826 78 

520 Abigail Brainerd, I Windham, N. Y., 

1807 

521 Azuba Arnold Brainerd (Seth) Thomas 

(431), m. S. Penfield, I E. Hampton 
1814 



210 



HISTOEICAL CATALOaUE OF MEMBEES 

JOHN MAESH, PASTOE 1818-1834 

1819 

Died Age 

522 Jan. 3. Moses Tyler [Leyden, N. Y.] 1880 77 

523 Deborah DicMnson Tyler (522) [Ley- 

den, N. Y.] 1860 77 

524 17. Daniel Brainerd, H 1857 88 

525 Fanny Smith Brainerd (524) 1835 56 

526 David Clark Hubbard 1841 56 

527 Temperance Biggins Hubbard (526), 

m. Seth Bartlett, H 

528 Stephen Brooks, H 1860 83 

529 Wealthy Smith Brooks (528), H 1852 71 

530 Orin Smith, rem. West 

531 Ehoda Brainerd Smith (530), rem. 

West 

532 Samuel Smith, H 1880 91 

533 Lucy Ann Smith Smith (532) 1843 50 

534 Archelaus Tyler 1848 67 

535 Hannah Spencer Tyler (534) 1830 50 

536 Daniel Thomas, ex. 1836 

537 Lydia Bailey Thomas (536) 1875 92 

538 Solomon Walkley 1854 83 

539 Prudence Hubbard Walkley (538) 1828 54 

540 Sarah Smith Cone (Jos.) Church 

(Thos.) 1847 87 

541 Abigail ClarTc Brooks (Abraham) 1838 79 

542 Jane Spencer Brainerd (323), m. (708) 1826 58 

543 Hepzibah Hubbard Brainerd (355) 1825 60 

544 Martha Tyler Brainerd (441) 1855 79 

545 Dorothy Thomas Brainerd (Phineas) 1859 79 

546 Sally Thomas Child (624), H 1851 64 

547 Alice Smith Arnold (Simon) 

548 Eebecca Spencer Smith (Chas.), H 1861 81 

549 Mary Brainerd Thomas (Israel) 1868 80 

550 Mary Hart Walkley (David) 

551 Sarah Young (616), I 

552 Orpha Clark Brainerd (851) 1849 52 

553 Huldah Brainerd Smith (Simon), wid. 1844 65 

554 Sarah Tyler Eay (James), wid. 1859 89 

555 James Brooks 1838 54 

556 David Grannis, I Geneva, N. Y. 

557 George Eoberts Bailey, I Centerbrook 

1829 

558 Oliver West, I M. Haddam 1st 

559 Alfred Skinner 1824 

560 Joseph Shailer, ex. 1834 1851 65 

211 



1877 


90 


1879 


86 


1876 


73 


1862 


78 


1853 


61 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Died Age 

561 Jolin May, H 1859 67 

562 Arnold Hazleton Hayden 1869 80 

563 Comfort Cone, Dea. 1841-1844, H 1876 79 

564 Watson Lutber Boardman, rem. Mich. 

565 Samuel Barry, I E. Haddam 1824 

566 Benjamin Kelsey 1876 80 

567 George Gilbert Child, I 

568 Justin Sabin 

569 Marquis De LaFayette Thomas, I 

Bloomfield, N. J. 

570 Daniel Morgan, ex. 1823 

571 Oliver Phelps Smith, Dea. 1872-1877 1877 74 

572 Hezekiah Brainerd Smith, I New Lon- 

don 

573 Zeruiah Brainerd, H 

574 Martha Brooks, m. Reuben Bates, H 

575 Wealthy Ann Brooks, m. (563), H 

576 Dolly Brainerd, I Htfd. 1st 

577 Roxanna Hayden, m. Jos. Chittenden 

578 Nancy Clark, m. (784), I Fremont, 111., 

1845 1853 

579 Dolly Clark, m. Rev. James Kapple 

580 Clarissa Button, m. (821), I E. Had- 

dam 1835 

581 Florilla Smith 1819 17 

582 Catharine Brooks, m. (717) 

583 Harriet Clark, m. Heman Tyler, I Madi- 

son 1843 1876 80 

584 Jedidah Hazleton 1836 44 

585 Pliilinda Brainerd, ra. Davis Kelsey 1827 24 

586 Elizabeth Dickinson, m. (564), rem. 

Mich. 

587 Mary Dickinson, m. David Phelps 1826 

588 Clarissa Cone, m. Isaac Loveland, 

I Durham 1830 

589 Thankful Smith, H 

590 Ana Hubbard Brainerd, m. (631) 

591 Miriam Brainerd 

592 Hepzibah Brainerd, m. Benj. Hubbard, 

I New Durham, N. Y. 1843 48 

593 DrusiUa Brainerd, m. Sylvester Aus- 

tin, I New Durham, N. Y. 

594 Clarissa Brainerd, m. Smith Ventres 

595 Ursula Brainerd, m. (562) 

596 Elizabeth Ann Clark, m. (561) 

597 Rebecca Smith, m. (566) 

598 Mar. 7. Ira Shailer 

599 Nathan Tyler 

212 



1830 


35 


1872 


88 


1869 


66 


1825 


33 



1887 


87 


1869 


72 


1833 


33 


1846 


53 


1840 


77 


1863 


95 



Died 


Age 


1854 


84 


1864 


66 


1827 


42 


1868 


75 


1883 


88 


1850 


55 



HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 

600 Esther Sliailer Tyler (599) 

601 Esther Tyler 

602 Henry Smith 

603 Sylvia Stevens Smith (602) 

604 Selden Gladwin, H 

605 Lydia Lane Gladwin (604), H 

606 Esther Eiggins Tyler (Rufus), wid. 

607 Hannah Burr Scovil (Hez.), H 1859 65 

608 Dolly Smith, m. (759), I Portland 

1823 ret. 1825 

609 Wells knowles, to M, E. 1832, w. 1861 74 

610 ElUot Brainerd, H 1862 69 

611 Gideon Gladwin 

612 Maria Foote Clark (716) [Northford] 1875 76 

613 Apr. 4. Job Hubbard, Jr., H 1853 80 

614 Winslow Higgins, rem. 1828 

615 Lydia Smith Higgins (614), I M. Had- 

dam 1st 

616 Asa Young, Dea. 1827-1836, I Mun- 

son, O., 1836 

617 Anna Arnold, m. Elder Dickinson 

618 May 2. Selden Tyler, I E. Haddam 1848 1871 88 

619 Sarah Baiidall Tyler (618), I E. Had. 

1848 1879 88 

620 Willard Gladwin, ex. 1832 1837 54 

621 Amzi Lee, I E. Haddam 1823 

622 Selden Huntington, H 1846 60 

623 Sylvanus Clark, Jr., I Guilford 

624 June 6. Heman Child 1830 

625 Lydia Brainerd, m. Simon Arnold, 

I Brooklyn, O., 1835 

626 Fanny Bowdridge Shailer, m. Jas. 

Brainerd 1842 50 

627 Jonathan Huntington [E. Haddam] 1832 90 

628 Abigail Smith (Davis) [Rocky Hill] 

629 July 4. Daniel Clark Dickinson, Jr., I Penn. 

630 Christiana Clark Dickinson (629), 

I Penn, 

631 Aug. 1. Edward Rutty 1847 48 

632 Anna Clarlc Ely (WilUam) 1859 88 

633 Hannah Wheeler Brooks (Jas., 2d) 1837 53 

634 Abigail Brainerd 

635 8. Calvin Brainerd [M. Had. 1st], to 

M. E., w. 1820 

636 Oct. 3. James Gladwin, to M. E. 1859 76 

637 Margaret Tripp Gladwin (636), H 1865 85 

638 Ursula Brainerd, to M. E., w. 1821 

639 Dec. 5. Ediatha Arnold 1831 

213 



HA DP AM CHUECH AXNT^TIKSAET 



640 


Mav 


6, 


641 


Oct. 


1. 


642 


Nov. 


16. 


643 


Dec. 


3. 


644 






645 






646 







647 



1820 

ZiUah Cone Kelsev (Benj.) 

Catharine Shailer Clark (Xoah) 

John Elv 

Aaron Smith 

James Thomas 

Susannah ClorJ: Cone (Xoah) 

Lucy Wheeler ( ), wid., m. Jon. Par- 
sons, rem. 

Experience Smith Bailey (Harris), 
wii 



Died 


Age 


ISoo 


70 


lSo2 


SO 


1S21 


40 


IS 25 


ss 


1S42 


S9 


1S30 





IS: 



1821 



64S Feb. 
649 
650 
651 

652 

653 

654 
655 
656 
657 
658 
659 
660 
661 
662 
663 

664 

665 

666 

667 Mar. 

66S 

669 
670 

671 

672 Apr. 

673 

674 



Simon Hazleton 

Brittania Curtis Hazleton (64S) 
Susan Brainerd Arnold (Jared) 
Jennette Mau Parmalee (Linus), 1 M. 

Had. 1st 1S46 
WealthT Smith Hubbard (Matthew), 

/ E. Had. 1S2S 
Laura Knowles, dl, (676), / E. Had. 

1S26 
Lorinda HulL H 
Filiofeete Higgins, w. 
Susan Dickinson, ni. (S53), H 
Ursula Smith, m. Jonathan Arnold 
Eveline Butler, m. (752), 1 Burlington 
Xancy Gladwin 

Martha Stevens. 7 Durham 1S26 
Eliza Burr, m. Benanuel Bonfoey. H 
Mariam Smith. H 
Louisa D. Smith, m. Dickinson, 

1 at large 
Beulah Smith, I at large 
Orpha I. Smith, ? at large 
Mary Ann Clark, m. and rem. West 
Thomas Clark Smith 
Hannah Brainerd Butler (John), / 

Htfd. 
Elizabeth Hark ( ). wid. 
Cynthia Tibbals, m. Bela Burr 
Harriet Smith, m. Leonard Towner, 

/ Midtn. South 1S42 
Cvnthia Child. H 

Phebe Tihh^iU Tibbals (^'athan^, H 
Jemima Tibbals, m. Porter Brooks, ? 

Xortliford 



1S70 


74 


1S71 


73 


1S67 


S6 



1S7S 


7S 


1S92 


SS 


1S93 


90 


1S3S 


34 


1SS6 


>,■•> 


1>7S 


S6 



1S24 



1S36 35 



IS 75 
1S63 



S2 
81 



214 



1884 


88 


1881 


87 


1867 


86 


1858 


56 


1834 


88 


1849 


74 


1840 


71 


1885 


88 



HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 

Died Age 

675 May 5. Lueinthia Cone Warner (Dr. A. F.) 

[Westchester], m. (852) 1846 50 

676 June 3. James Gladwin, Jr., I E. Haddam 1826 1880 82 

677 Orrin Skinner, H 1878 80 

678 Ansel Smith, I Cromwell 1832 

679 Dyer Cowdrv, schoolmaster 

680 Sydney Smith Hazleton, Z LeEoy, X. Y., 

1846 

681 Sabra Clarh Tyler (734) 1848 51 

682 Mary Scovil Higgins (683), I 

683 July 8. Asa Higgins, I Covington 

684 Horace Arnold 

685 Sylvia White Arnold (684) 

686 Susanna Dickinson 

687 Maria Tyler, m. D. Chapman Emmons 

688 Almira Skinner (Austin) 

689 Sibvl Skinner, m. (678), I Cromwell 

1832 

690 Aug. 5. J'onathan Smith 

691 Martha Mencin Clark (496), H 

692 Jemima Brainerd Bailey (Saml.), wid. 

693 Sept. 2. Ezekiel Shailer Clark 

694 Julia Brooks, m. Danl. Barker, I Ches- 

ter 1827 

1822 

695 May 5. Huldah Smith, m. (693) 1846 46 

696 Aug. 4. Abigail BushneU Brainerd (Jacob), H 1854 63 

697 Ulvsses Butler [Rocky Hill], I Port- 

land 1823 1823 28 

698 Mrs. Ulysses Butler (697) [Rocky 

Hill], I Portland 1823 

699 jSTov. 3. Thalia Norion Hayden (John) [He- 

bron], I Hebron 1844 

1823 

700 Aug. 3. Elizur Spencer 1828 72 

701 Hannah Dart Brainerd (770) 1848 82 

702 Sept. 7. Margaret BaiJey Brainerd (Giles) 1835 69 

703 Jerusha Brooks Brainerd (Cornelius), 

H 1852 71 

704 Ann Lord Johnson Huntington (622) 1823 36 

1824 

705 Apr. 4. Timothy Walkley [Midtn.]. rem. "West 

706 Sarah Parmalee Walkley (705) [Midtn.] 

215 



HADDAM CHUKCH ANNIVERSARY 

Died Age 
707 Alva Shailer, rem. Saugerties, N. Y., 

1845 1852 58 

. 70S May 2. James Kelly Child 1837 73 

709 David Bonfoey, H 1863 85 

710 Darius Dickinson, H 1880 95 

711 Anna Euhbard Dickinson (710) 1850 65 

712 Sallv Maria Dickinson, m. (855) 1894 86 

713 David Dickinson, H 1852 66 

714 Timothy Tvler, w. 1865 1876 86 

715 Harriet Smith Tyler (714) 1835 37 

716 Dudley Clark 1872 82 

717 William Ely Mather, I West 

718 Fiske Shailer 1829 31 

719 Susanna Tyler Dickinson (Stephen) 1835 62 

720 Mary Ely Dickinson (749) 

721 Bethia Eandall Tyler (Capt. Samuel) 1833 36 

722 Beulah Child, H 1886 90 

723 Larissa Shailer 

724 Nancy Shailer, m. Austin Lay, I Center- 

brook 1834 1865 63 

725 Fanny Tyler, m. (a) G. J. Holt, (b) 

Rev. Matthias Gossett, I Chester 1827 1896 92 

726 Dorothy Tyler, m. Fred. Cooper, I Ches- 

ter 1827 1896 90 

727 Delia Brainerd, m. J. A. Ackley, I 

728 Susan Brainerd, m. (a) Jno. P. Elton, 

(b) Anson Hancock, rem. Fla. 1827 

729 Olive Bulldey Chapman (Revillo) 

[Rocky Hill], I Rocky Hill 1866 

730 June 6. Luther Freeman, ex. 1832 

731 Hester Buslinell Freeman (730), H 1858 84 

732 George Clark, rem. Somonauk, 111. 1857 65 

733 Emily Smith Clark (732) 1845 50 

734 Samuel Tyler, 2d 1863 68 

735 George Edgar Bailey, to Bapt., w., 1828 

736 Asa Brainerd, rem. Oquawka, 111. 1840 

737 Henry Lyman Shailer, rem. jNIadison 1875 73 

738 Chauucey Allen Dickinson, H 1889 83 

739 Lydia Sherman (Benj.), wid. 1841 85 

740 Elizabeth Croolc Ely (642), wdd. 1828 48 

741 Jemima Brainerd 1851 71 

742 Orpha Ann Carter, m. Nathan Pratt, 

I E. Had. 

743 Hannah Dickinson, m, (735), I Deep 

River, 1837 

744 INIary Ann Shailer, I Madison 1867 1894 88 

745 Hannah Ely, m. William Emmons 1897 91 

746 Martha Maria Arnold, m. Dr. Hill 

747 Mary Ann Clark, m. (a) Ansel Warner, 

(b) (566) 1866 59 

21G 



Died 


Age 


1844 


64 


1841 


66 


1831 


50 


1863 


62 


1855 


70 


1862 


70 


1834 


44 



HISTOEICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 

748 July 4. Joseph Burr 

749 John Dickinson 

750 Lucy Smith Brainerd (385) 

751 Mehitable Dickinson Williams (Elijah) 

752 Chester Hamlin, M.D. [Farmiugton], 

I Burlington 

753 Esther Thomas Brainerd (967) [Ley- 

den, N. Y.], H 

754 Aug. 1. Alvin Brainerd, H 

755 Elizabeth Pelton Brainerd (754) 

756 Sept. 5. Concurrence Wilcox Child (Hez.) [Kill- 

ingworth], H 1875 74 

757 Polly Lewis [Southampton, Mass.], m. 

(a) Leander Bailey, (b) (534), I 

Midtn. 1854 1876 76 

1825 

758 July 3. Frances Fowler Tallmadge Marsh (Rev. 

John) [Warren], I Brooklyn, N. Y., 

Pres., 1840 1852 57 

759 Sept. 4. Howell Bowers [Portland], I Midtn. 

South 1842 

760 Dolly Smith Bowers (759) [Portland], 

see 608, I Midtn, South 1842 

1826 

761 Nov. Ansel Brainerd, 2d 1885 91 

1827 

762 Feb. 3. Maritta Gladwin [Centerbrook], m. 

Olmsted Brainerd, I Middlefield 1838 

763 Mar. 3. Martha Harding Ackley (Danl.) Brain- 

erd (355), m. Dea. Asa Goslee, 
I Buckingham 1839 



764 
765 
766 
767 


Sept. 
Dee. 


3. 

2. 


Ann Gladwin (997) 
Chauncey Deming Skinner [Midtn.], H 
Jonathan Eandall [Norwich] 
Eunice Eandall (766) [Norwich] 

1828 


1831 

1888 
1828 


50 
86 
83 


768 
769 

770 


Feb. 
Mar. 


3. 


Elisha Clark, H 

Lucy W. Swan Clark (693) [MiUing- 

ton] 
Ansel Brainerd 


1847 

1832 
1840 


59 

30 
76 



217 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

771 Esther Knowles Smith (Sylvanus) 

Brainerd (322) 

772 Laura Brainerd Shailer (707), I Sau- 

gerties, N, Y., Dutch Ref., 1858 

773 Apr. Seklen Skinner 

774 Elizabeth Eandall Skinner (773) 

775 Hiram Brooks, H 

776 Gideon Brainerd 

777 May 4. Josiah Flagg [Berlin], I Mtn. So. 1835 

778 Sally Flagg (777) [BerUn], I Mtn. So. 

1835 

779 Clarissa May Kelsey (Davis) [Putney, 

Vt.] 

780 Caleb Brainerd 

781 Asahel Bonfoey, H 

782 Jonathan Burr, ex. 1834 

783 Benjamin Hopkins Catlin, M. D., I 

Meriden 1842 

784 Hurlburt Swan, I Fremont, 111., 1845 

785 Asa Mitchell, I Midtn. South 

786 Davis Smith 

787 Joseph Brooks Hubbard, H 

788 Almorin Young, I Chagrin Falls, O. 

789 Nathaniel Matthew, I M. Haddam 1st 

790 Nathan Emery Stannard 

791 Benjamin Smith, H 

792 Lydia Burr Smith (791) 

793 Rowena Porter Smith, m. A. Spencer, H 

794 Miranda Ann Smith, m. (943), H 

795 Alanson Porter Brainerd, I M. E. 1840 

796 Elijah Brainerd 

797 Sally Parthena Brainerd, m. E. South- 

mayd, / Durham 

798 George Kelsey 

799 Eunice Tully Kelsey (798) 

800 Lavinia Smith, m. (776) 

801 Hope Randall Lord, rem. West 

802 Nathan Tyler Dickinson, rem. Penn., 

to M. E. 

803 Jemima Cone, H 

804 Esther Irene Walkley, m. Rev. James 

Noyes, /, Westfield 1834, ret. 1840 

805 Eunice Thomas Brooks (Geo.), wid., m. 

(538) 

806 Hannah Brooks, m. Gilbert Crook, H 

807 Lucy Alma Brooks, m. John Briggs, 

I Midtn. South 1836 

808 Mary G. Brooks, I Cromwell 1839 

809 Elizabeth Ann Clark 

218 



Died Age 
1843 84 



1870 79 

1847 58 

1894 87 

1843 42 



1874 78 

1846 70 

1845 60 
1834 

1880 78 
1878 



1872 62 



1865 80 
1844 54 
1875 64 

1866 53 

1833 22 



1863 


76 


1809 


75 


1835 


27 


1901 


95 


1849 


82 


1896 


87 


1848 


57 


1890 


78 



HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 

Died Age 

810 Elizabeth Leeds Comstock Hunting- 

ton (362), H 1849 62 

811 Sarah Huntington, H 1873 62 

812 Fanny Cotton Child (Samuel), wid. 1843 52 

813 Margery Maria Dickinson, m. C. Scran- 

ton 

814 Fanny Smith Brainerd, H 1846 40 

815 Caroline Mehitable Usher, m. Roswell 

Reed, H 1885 75 

816 Mary Elizabeth Dickinson, m. Wm. Sel- 

kirk, I Gt. Barrington, Mass., 1837 

817 Dolly Skinner, H 1878 78 

818 Mary Smith Skinner (Sylvester), H 1883 91 

819 Martha Smith Clark, m Dye, I Chi- 

cago, 1835 

820 Mary Rebecca Brooks, m. Orrin At- 

water, I Southington 1836 

821 Edmund Hubbard, I E. Had, 1835 

822 Marietta Hull, H 1899 89 

823 Armenia Maritta Hubbard, m. J. N. 

Patten, I Rahway, N. J., 1st Pres., 
1837 

824 John Ogden Hubbard, ex. 1836 

825 Willard Post 

826 Bela Burr, H 

827 Ruel Knowles, H 

828 Achsah Hubbard Knowles (827), H 

829 Irena Hubbard, m. Joseph Burr, H 

830 Chauncey Bonfoey, I Spfd., Pa., 1842 

831 Irwin W. Smith, I B. Smithfield, Pa. 

832 Lucy Ann Smith, m. Benj. S. Bailey, H 

833 Esther Wheeler Hubbard (Simeon) 

834 Esther Maria Hubbard, m. Heber 

Brainerd 

835 Anthea Hubbard, m. McKane 

836 Dolly Hubbard (430), wid. 

837 Harriet Hubbard, m. Enos Smith, H 

838 Laura Dwight Smith, H 

839 Mary Ann Smith, m. A. C. Hubbard, H 

840 Huldah Spencer, m. Gustavus IST. Wil- 

cox, I Middletown 1st 1835 

841 Electa Burr, m. Asahel Pelton, to 

M. E. 

842 Hannah Burr, m. Darius Skinner, H 

843 Nancy Tibbals, m. David Bailey, H 

844 Desire Spencer Spencer (Felix), H 

845 James Ray 

846 Hancy Smith Ray (845) 

847 Arza Dickinson, H 

219 



1848 


33 


1838 


25 


1857 


52 


1883 


80 


1888 


79 


1873 


61 


1832 


51 


1892 


84 


1845 


34 


1837 


59 


1893 




1861 


49 


1896 


82 



1846 


36 


1888 


76 


1867 


73 


1874 


75 


1883 


80 


1858 


66 



Died 


Age 


1866 


73 


1846 


65 


1887 


87 


1872 


80 


1881 


81 


1874 


74 


1846 


40 


1892 


86 


1880 


70 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVEESARY 

848 Phebe Croolc Dickinson (847) 

849 Dinimis Dickinson Ray (Benj.) 

850 June 1. Sarah Bay Brainerd (761) [West- 

chester] 

851 George Smith Brainerd, Dea. 1841-1872 

852 Ira Hutchinson, M. D., I Cromwell 

1854 

853 Russell Gladwin, H 

854 Tyrus Brainerd 

855 Deantheum Hubbard Brainerd 

856 Simeon Hamilton Hubbard 

857 Jonathan Huntington, 3d, I Newark, 

N. J. 

858 Thomas H. Clark, I Madison 1837 

859 Hezekiah C. Brooks 

860 David Tyler, I Deep River 1839 1888 82 

861 Polly Bossiter Cone (Noadiah), H 1868 86 

862 Sylvia Lewis Bailey (557), I Center- 

brook 1829 

863 Melantha Gladwin, to Higganum 1866 1900 88 

864 July 6. Edwin Almon Smith 

865 Sophia Gladwin Smith (864), H 1888 85 

866 Joshua Brainerd, to Bapt., w. 

867 Davis Smith Brainerd, Rev., Pastor 

Lyme 1841-1875 1875 67 

868 Martha Eugenia Brainerd, m. Silas 

Smith, i! Htfd. North 1848 

869 Lucinda Ann Clark, m. E. Rockwell, w. 

870 Aug. 3. WilUam White, ex. 1871 72 

871 Laura Dickinson White (870) 1895 90 

1829 

872 Sept. 6. Amelia Crane ( ) Child (708) [Clin- 

ton], I Clinton 1837 

1830 

873 Feb. 7. John B. Augur [Stillwater, N. Y.], 

I 1841 

874 Mar. 7. Charles Dickinson, Rev. [E, Had.] 1854 43 

1831 

875 Mar. Amelia Brainerd 1854 53 

876 Apr. 3. Esther Smith Brainerd (Alfred) 1835 40 

877 July 3. Wealthy Child Smith (Geo. W.) 

878 Betsey Clark Child (Chauncey), H 1860 67 

220 



HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 

Died Age 

879 Lucinthia BurTce Smith (914), m. 

Daniel Smith 1887 87 

880 Mary Young Smith (881), rem. Ohio 

881 Sept. 3. Edwin Smith, rem. Ohio 

882 Cyprian Strong Brainerd, Dea. 1846- 

1880 1880 75 

883 Florilla Bull Brainerd (882) 1897 90 

884 Willard Cook, I Fremont, 111., 1846 

885 Abigail Brainerd Cook (884), I Fre- 

mont, 111., 1846 1854 

886 Nancy Shailer, m. R. Cunningham, I 

JoUet, lU., Pres., 1840 

887 Mary Ann Walkley, m. A. C. Hall, I 

Westerly, R. I., 1846 

888 Mary Ann Williams, m. (a) Atwood 

Spencer, (b) Hiram Brooks, to M. E. 1871 57 

889 Sarah Ann Brainerd, m. (928), I Madi- 

son 1850 

890 Abigail Bay Smith (Justin), I M. Had. 

1st, 1848 

891 Abigail Andrus Arnold (Jas. C.) 

[Westfield], I Berlin 1839 

892 Nov. 6. Alexander Whittlesey Hall, I Water- 

bury 1839 

893 David B. Knowles, I Centerbrook 1850 1900 

894 Charlotte Hubbard Skinner (765), H 1873 73 

895 Dec. Mary Parmalee, to M. E., w. 

896 Rebecca Brainerd, m. Eleazer Burr, 

I W. Had. M. E., 1843 

1833 

897 Jan. Mary Brackett (Reuben) [Trenton, 

N. J.] 

898 Mar. 31. Orrin Olcott Wickham, I Sag Harbor, 

N. Y., 1836 

899 Daniel Clark Tyler, Rev., I Wamps- 

ville, N. Y., Pres., 1885 

900 Matilda W. Hall (892) [Madison], I 

Waterbury 1839 

901 Oct. 29. Jennette McCurdy Stewart Huntington 

(622) [N. Y.], to M. E., w. 1847 



221 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVEESARY 

TERTIUS S. CLARKE, PASTOR 1834-1837 
1834 

Died Age 

902 Aug. Harriet Clark [Lyme], m. J. O. Rich, H 1852 46 

903 Nov. Lucy Catlin Bull (Dr. Bull) [Water- 

town], i! Meriden 1842 

1835 

Roxanna BlatcJiley Brooks (775) [Kill- 

ingworth] 1836 29 

Louisa P. Emmons Cook (915) [E. 

Had.], H 1888 88 

William Hubbard, I Two Ridge Pres., 

O., 1842 
Sarah Maria Smith, m. J. A. Brown, H 
Almira A. Marshall Clark (Rev. T. S.) 
[So. Deerfield, Mass.], I Stockbridge, 
Mass., 1837 1856 

Gould Campbell 1867 

Sarah Campbell (909) [Wallingford] 1874 
Elizabeth Tamzon Burr, m. G. W. Guy, 

I Midtn. South 1839 
Dolly Flagg (George), wid. 1840 37 

Ann Clark, m. Dea. Parmalee, I Dur- 
ham 1842 
Eliphalet Smith 1836 37 

Ebenezer Cook, H 1844 45 

Clarissa Thomas Brainerd (Alvin) 

[Midtn. South], H 1866 75 

Felix Miner Spencer 1897 80 

John Kelsey 1853 36 

Mary Ann Strong Cone (John), wid., 

m. (775), H 1863 54 

Emma Brainerd, m. G. Hubbard, I Col- 

linsville 1838, ret. 1843 1849 37 

Nancy Smith Brainerd, m. G. W. Guy, H 

1836 

Amelia Deborah Spencer Catlin (783) 

[Hadlyme], I Meriden 1842 1883 71 



222 



904 


Jan. 


yuD 

906 




907 
908 


Mar. 


909 
910 
911 




912 
913 


May 


914 
915 

916 




917 
918 
919 


July 
Sept. 


920 




921 


Nov. 


922 


Jan. 



Died 


Age 


1853 


45 


1875 


81 


1837 


45 


1879 


73 


1861 


78 


1876 


84 


1854 


36 



HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 



DAVID D. FIELD, PASTOR 1837-1844 

1837 

923 Jan. Emma Elliot May (561) [Georgetown, 

D. C], H 

924 Danforth Turner [Mid. Haddam 1st] 

925 Apr. 16. Huldah B. Brainerd (Linus), wid. 

[Killingworth] 

926 23. Jedidah Denison Ventres (951) [Cen- 

terbrook] 

927 May 14. Submit Dicldnson Field (Rev. D. D.), 

see 366 [Stockbridge], H 

928 Milton Brooks, ex. 

929 Nathaniel Cook 

930 Linus Burr Smith, H 

931 Betsey Ann Brainerd, m. J. W. Glad- 

ding, I Midtn. 1846 

932 Elizabeth Huntington, m. (851), H 1895 79 

933 Cynthia Huntington, m. R. W. New- 

ton, I Durham 1841 

934 July 2. Phebe Holden Child Smith (571) 

935 Emily Smith 

936 EUzabeth Smith, m. (776) 



1838 

937 Apr. 1. Elizabeth Gladwin (Silas) [Midtn. 

1st], H 1869 90 

938 Elizabeth ri/?er Scovil (Whitney), wid., 

m. Abel W. Reed, I No. Brookfleld, 

Mass., 1848 1892 74 

939 Amelia Brittania Hazleton, m. Rev. 

O. F. Parker, I Wapping 1844 1879 59 

940 Frances Maria Hazleton, m. Rev. Thos. 

Tallman, I Scotland 1844 

941 May 6. Mary Razleton Cook (929) 1862 75 

942 Jemima Eill Hazleton (680), I LeRoy, 

N. Y. 1846 

943 June 10. Theodore Dwight Hayes [Granby], H 1882 79 



1840 

944 July 5. Eliza Ann Gaylord Burr (Nathan D.) 

[Killingworth], I Meriden 1855 

945 Sept. 6. Esther I. Walkley Noyes (Rev. Jas.) 

223 



1893 


75 


1874 


62 


1874 


59 


1871 


55 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Died Age 
[Middlefield], see 804, I Burlington 
1843 1896 87 

27, Heniy Martyn Field, Rev. [Wms. Coll. 
Ch.], entered Pres. ministry 



1841 

947 July 4. Sylvester Davis Brainerd, H 

948 Michael Hubbard, H 1889 73 

949 James Hurlburt Swan, I Fremont, 111., 

1845 

950 Christopher Tyler, I Stamford 1852 1898 76 

951 David Brainerd Ventres 1889 94 

952 Joseph Whiting 

953 Nancy Dickinson Ayres (Aaron L.), 

I Chester 1865 

954 Maria Shailer Bonfoey, m. Chas. Bab- 

cock, H 

955 Jerusha Thomas Bonfoey, H 

956 Amelia Melissa Bonfoey, m. Noah 

Burr, H 

957 Cornelia Brainerd, m. (1039) 

958 Clarissa Hubbard Dickinson (Jonah), 

wid. 1861 83 

959 Sarah Elizabeth Gladwin, m. Jesse 

Spencer, H 1888 61 

960 Jennette May Parmalee, m. S. Stilwell, 

I M. Had. 1st 1845 

961 Elizabeth Rutty 1846 24 

962 Esther Brainerd Rutty 

963 Hannah Scovil, m. (950), I Stamford 

1852 1859 36 

964 Esther Miranda Tyler, m. W. W. Dick- 

inson, I Chester 1873 1900 80 

965 Sept. 5. Jerusha Abigail Arnold, m. Sylvester 

Dickinson 1862 41 

966 Sylvia Arnold, m. (a) (968), (b) War- 

ren W. Pardee 1853 31 

967 Sylvester Brainerd, 2d, H 1862 79 

968 Charles Smith Brainerd 1849 28 

969 Ezra Brainerd, rem. Durham 

970 Lois Brainerd, H 1848 25 

971 Elizabeth Ann Cone, m. S. D. Clark, H 1883 57 

972 Ansel Brainerd Cook, I Fremont, 111., 

1846 

973 Martha Ely, m. Storrs L. Hubbard, H 1S90 63 

974 Orpha Matilda Gladwin, m. Willis 

North, H 

224 



Died 


Age 


1887 


66 


1859 


37 


1857 


58 


1898 


94 


1859 




1855 


59 


1880 


78 


1893 


70 


1857 


32 



HISTOKICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 

975 Gilbert Selden Gladwin, H 

976 Tamzon Elizabeth Gladwin, m. Danl. 

Scovil, H 

977 Electa Kelsey 

978 Julia Kelsey, m. D. C. Emmons 

979 Amy Ann Spencer, H, m. Sanderson 

980 Albert Scranton, I Midtn. South 1842 

981 Albert Oscar Swan, I Fremont, 111., 

1845 

982 Drusilla Brainerd Turner (924) 

983 Nancy Tyler 

984 Sabra Denison Tyler, m. Henry M. Wat- 

rous, I Chester 1850 

985 Ursula Tyler, m. (1045) 

986 EUen Tyler, m. W. H. Chapman, I E. 

Had. 1848 

987 Nov. 7. Margaret Denison Burr (Jonathan H.) 

[Deep Eiver], H 



1842 

988 Apr. 3. Freelove Beers (Josiah) [No. Guil- 

ford], H 1849 48 

989 24, Florilla Bonfoey [Midtn. So.], m. Geo. 

A. Freeman, H 1887 73 

990 Amelia Bonfoey [Midtn. So.], m. Cor- 

nelius Brainerd, H 

991 Sept. 4. Almira M. Clark Brainerd (Abraham) 

[Westfield, Mass.], H 



1843 

992 June 8. Eunice Sutlief, H 1844 40 

993 Aug. 20. Mary Ann JVinchel Thomas (H. At- 

wood) [Cheshire], I Chesliire 1878 

994 Sept. 3. Amelia Sophronia Barry, H 

995 Antoinette Maria Hubbard, m. S. H. 

Burr, H 

996 Emma Brainerd Hubbard (Gilbert), 

wid. [Asylum, Pa.], H, m. (787), 

see 920 1849 37 



Year of admission unknown 

997 Silas Gladwin, H 1854 80 

998 Abigail Thomas Brainerd (Alfred), H 1861 

15 225 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Died Age 
999 Tamzon Bushnell Mer\^in (Daniel), H 1868 85 

999a Clarissa Thomas (James), I Madison 

18-43 1848 



WILLIAM H. GILBERT, ACTING PASTOR 

1846 

1000 Jan. 11. George W. Graham [Buffalo, N. Y., 

Park Pres.], I E. Had. 1846 1894 84 

1001 Mary E. Dibble Graham (1000) [Buf- 

falo, Park Pres.], I E. Had. 1846 1901 83 

ISRAEL P. WARREN, ACTING PASTOR 

1002 May 10. Elizabeth Jemima Hazleton, m. E. F. 

Ensign, I LeRoy, N. Y., 1846 

1003 LucintMa Hutchinson, m. Geo. H. But- 

ler, I Cromwell 1854 

1004 Mary Kelsey 

1005 Harriet Kirtland, m. S. Lynde Hart, 

I Saybrook 1846 

1006 Mary Emma Brainerd 

1007 Ann Lord Hayden, m. Jos. W. Brackett 1892 67 

1008 Mary Brainerd 1896 64 

1009 Ursula Brainerd 1849 27 

1010 Huldah Ann Kelsey, m. Orrin Shailer 1899 70 

1011 Elizabeth Ann Barry, m. (a) Benj. 

Day, (b) Abner Hurd, I Mid. Had. 
1st 1878 

1012 Mary Lavinia Brainerd, m. H. P. 

Brainerd, I Enfield 

1013 Elizabeth Skinner, m. Sylvester C. 

Dunham, I 1867 

1014 Adelaide Kirtland, m. Geo, L. Stevens, 

I Saybrook 1846 

ELISHA W. COOK, PASTOR 1846-1852 
1847 

1015 May 2. Caroline Skinner 1847 20 

1016 Caroline Cornelia Cook, m. Ashbel P. 

Willard, I New Albany, Ind., Pres. 
1847 

1017 Catharine Cordelia Cook 

226 



HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 

1848 

Died Age 

1018 Jan. 2. Asenath B. Leonard [Baltimore 6th 

Pres.], I So. Hadley Falls, Mass., 1852 

1019 Asenath F. Snow (Rev. P. H.) [Balti- 

more 6tli Pres.], I Syracuse, N. Y., 
1850 

1020 Laura Parmalee Smith (Rev. Noah) 

[Killingworth] 

1021 May 7. Laura Ann Dart Hutchinson (852) 

[Mid. Had. 1st], I CromweU 1854 1883 70 

1022 Henry Austin Ventres, I BelleviUe, 

N. J., Dutch Ref., 1850 1898 72 

1023 Eveline Hutchinson, m. Cephas Brain- 

erd, I Cromwell 1854 

1024 Nancy Maria Bailey Treat (Jos.) 1862 50 

1025 Flora Matilda Fuller Ray (Eber) [E. 

Haddam], to Bapt., w. 1850 

1849 

1026 Mar. 4. Marvin Smith [Madison] 1880 84 

1027 Eleanor Mehitable Williams [Chester], 

m. John Boylston, I Deep River 1855, 

ret. 1870 1880 50 

1028 Sarah Amelia Ventres, m. (1045) 1867 35 

1029 Jennette Tyler Ventres, m. (1101), 

I Florence, Col. Pres,, 1898 

1850 

1030 May 5. Nancy Amelia Williams, m. (1060) 1901 70 

1031 Sept. 1. Sarah Louisa Brainerd, I Portland 1889 1893 61 

1032 CorneUa Ann Brainerd 1852 17 



1851 

1033 Jan. 5. Amanda Brainerd 1881 88 

1034 Nancy Tyler, m. D. Nelson Arnold 

1035 Ann Maria Brainerd, m. G. W. Wal- 

lace, I Htfd. South, 1865 

1852 

1036 May 1. Susan Kelsey 1853 63 

1037 2. Lamira Dickinson, m. Danl. Brooks, 

I Midtn, So. 1878 

227 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 



1038 



Martha Miranda Smith Cook (Eev. 
E. W.) [Danbury 1st], yr. of adm. 
uiJai., I Haydenville, Mass., 1854 



Died Age 



EEASTUS COLTON, ACTING PASTOR 1852-1854 



1853 

1039 May 1. Elihu Bigelow Rogers 

1040 Mary Ann Child Clark (693) 

1041 Cynthia Virginia Brainerd, m. H. H. 

Brainerd 

1042 Martha Elizabeth Brainerd 

1043 Cynthia Sophia Cook Stanton (Dr. A. 

S.), I La Porte, Ind,, Pres., 1853 

1044 Ira Shailer Brainerd, I St. Louis, Mo., 

1859 

1045 Harvey Dickinson 

1046 Ellen Jedidah Ventres, m. (1061) 

1047 Erastus Shailer Dickinson 

1048 Esther Maria Bailey Dickinson (1047) 

1049 John Ferguson 

1050 Eugene Burtis Brainerd, I Ch. of Pil- 

grims, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1870 

1051 July 3. Frances Jennette Dickinson, m. (1102) 

1052 Clarinda Almanza Brainerd, m. F. 

Prior, I Higganum 1864, ret. 1869 

1053 Ellen Elizabeth Wilcox, m. A. O. Smith, 

to Epis. 

1054 Samuel Maverick Kelsey 

1055 George Edward Kelsey 

1056 James Tully Kelsey, ex. 1886 

1057 Simon Gardiner Smith 

1058 Ezra Leander Brainerd, I Chicago 1860 

1059 Augustus Cone Hutchinson, I Cromwell 

1854 

1060 Arnold Hazleton Hayden, Dea, 1881- 

1885 

1061 John Austin Brainerd 

1062 David Brainerd Emmons 

1063 Hannah Maria Emmons, m. (1141) 

1064 Anna Colton Brainerd, m. (1057) 

1065 Frances Marsh Hutchinson, m. Rev. E. 

Baldwin, I Cromwell 1854 

1066 Frances Amelia Smith, m. Tyrus 



Ventres, I Puritan 
N. Y., 1869 

228 



B. 

Ch., Brooklyn, 



1902 80 
1876 61 



1886 60 



1888 74 

1896 59 

1870 56 

1892 71 



1897 65 



1875 51 



1891 64 

1875 41 

1866 31 

1869 31 



1890 52 



HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 

Died Age 

1067 Clarissa May Kelsey, m. (1054) 1888 49 

1068 Eliza Whitmore Dickinson (738) 1875 70 

1069 Lydia Manila Tyler, m. Chas. A. T. 

Dickinson 

1070 WilUam Hollis Burr 1876 58 

1071 Mary Louisa Hubbard, m. C. J. Treat 

1072 Leander Clark Lewis, w. 

1073 Sept. 4. Ursula Brainerd Hayden, m. (1094), 

I Hancock, Mich., 1865 1870 31 

1854 

1074 July 2. Edwin Bidwell, M. D. [Westbrook], 

I Deep River 1861 

1075 Maria Chloe Lee Bidwell (1074) [West- 

brook], I Deep River 1861 



JAMES L. WRIGHT, PASTOR 1855-1871 

1857 

1076 May 3. Lucy A. North Wright (Rev. James 

L.) [Burlington], I Glastonbury abt. 
1871 

1077 Nov. 1. Henry Marvin Smith, to Deep River 

Bapt. 1865 

1858 

1078 May 2. Ezra Higgins Williams [M. E.], I 

Htfd. South Park M. E. 1885 57 

1079 Mary Emma DicMnson WiUiams 

(1078) [M. E.], I 1890 

1080 JuUa Sabiii Dickinson (Neh.) [M.E.] 1873 83 

1081 Parmelia Brainerd Smith (1087) [M. 

E.] 1880 64 

1082 George Parmalee [M. E.] 

1083 Lydia Broolcs Dickinson (Selden) [M. 

E.] 1885 61 

1084 Elizabeth Amelia Dickinson Dickinson 

(David O.) 

1085 Lucretia Day Brainerd, m. Silas Payne, 

I Portland 1862 

1086 Jonathan Hamilton Lee, I 1859 1881 44 

1087 Diodate Smith 1891 82 

1088 SeUna Ann Tyler 1887 74 

229 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 



Died Age 



1089 Rosabel Brainerd, m. Wm. Page, I 

Stony Creek 1876 

1090 Sylvester Erza Brainerd, to Bapt., 

New Haven, w. 1868 

1091 Frances Selden Ventres, m. (1154), 

I BerUn 2d 1887 

1092 Mary Elizabeth Holt Tyler (734) 

[Chester], I Chester 1868 1898 87 

1093 Harriet Hayden Clark 

1094 James North Wright, I Hancock, Mich., 

1865 

1095 Margaret Love Spencer, m. Hiram 

Patterson 18S6 44 

1096 July 4. Nancy Maria Ayres, I Chester 1865 

1097 Esther Miranda Dickinson, m. J. F. 

Hopkins, to Jeff ersonville, Ind., M. E. 
abt. 1864 

1861 

1098 Sept. 15. Adelaide Augusta Richards, I Meriden 

M. E. 1863 1894 50 

1862 (probably) 

1099 Marion Jerusha Porter Treat (Jos.) 

[Manchester] 1887 65 

1100 Lucy Miranda Balcer Parmalee (1082) 

[Brattleboro, Vt., M. E.] 

1866 

1101 May 6. Cyrus Wilson Brainerd, I Florence, Col. 

Pres. 1898 

1102 Nathaniel Tyler 1901 71 

1103 Josephine Cordelia Clarlc Russell 

(1168) 

1104 Sophia Dickinson Tyler (Ashbel) 1895 78 

1105 Harriet Dickinson, m. Robt. Kerneghen, 

I 1869 

1106 July 1. Margaret Rebecca Smith Smith (Chas. 

W.) 1894 69 

1107 Andrew Jackson Hubbard, to Moodus 

M. E., w. 1878 

1108 Marvin Newton Brainerd, I Southing- 

ton 1899 

1109 Clarence Wilmot Dickinson, I Fairport, 

Kans., Pres. 1887 

230 



HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 



1110 

1111 
1112 
1113 

1114 
1115 

1116 

1117 
1118 

1119 



Died Age 



Sarah Jane Smith, m. Geo. H. Yale, I 

Wallingford Epis. 1883 
Almira Loiiisa Rogers, m. (1157) 
Alice Ventres 
Harriet Newel Wright, m. Howard H. 

Carter, I Glastonbury 1871 
Esther Maria Bliss 1895 63 

Sept. 9. Alnora Dickinson, m. (1185), I Mid- 

dlefield 1888 
Josephine Cornelia Walkley, m. H. M. 

Moore 
Chauucey Dickinson 
Alida jane Dickinson, m. Jos. B. 

Crook, I Chester 1890 
Fanny Louisa Hubbard, I Moodus M. 

E. 1878 



1867 

1120 May 5. Darius Lugene Dickinson, to Bapt., 
Meriden, 1868 



1869 

1120a May 2. Clarinda B. Prior (Fred.), wid. [Hig- 
ganum], m. E. F. Scranton, I Meriden 
1st 1878, ret. 1892, see 1052 

1121 Catharine Anna Ventres [Htfd. 

North] 1871 

1122 Eosanna Fidelia Nettleton 



41 



1870 

1123 July 3. Eleanor M. Williams Boylston (John) 

[Deep River], see 1027 1880 50 

1124 Harriet Maria Brainerd, m. Leonard 

D. Skinner 

1125 Joseph John Arnold 1872 22 

1126 Gideon Franklin Brainerd, I Htfd. 

Farm. Av. 1873 

1127 Judson Wells Clark 1873 21 

1128 Denison WiUiams Clark, I Midtn. 1st 

1885 

1129 Eva Estella Dickinson, m. (1117) 

1130 Sept. 4. Louisa Fidelia Brainerd Clark (H. S.) 1898 55 

1131 Davis Tyler Arnold 

231 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSAEY 

Died Age 

1132 Alvena Isavene Arnold, m. D. C. Par- 

malee, I Killing-worth 1876 

1133 Oct. 30, Melissa Usher Tyler (1172) [Higga- 

num] 



EVEEETT E. LEWIS, PASTOE 1871- 

1872 

1134 July 5. Everett Edward Lewis, Eev. [E. W. 

Hill, Theo. Sem.] 

1135 Ellen Eurcl Lewis (1134) [Bristol] 1877 37 

1873 

1136 Mar. 2. Harriet Kelsey Chapman (Jas. A.), 

wid. [Westbrook] 1879 59 

1137 Harriet E. Chapman Smith (Jos.) 

[Westbrook] 1898 56 

1138 Nov. 2. Emily Sophia Diclinson Bass (Newton 

A.), wid. [Jefifersonville, Ind., M. 

E.], I same 1881 1899 68 

1874 

1139 Jan. 4. Catharine Eebecca Kelsey 



1875 

1140 Jan. 3. Belle Kinner Clark (Edgar E.) [M. 

Had. 2d] 

1141 May 2. Osmer Levi Smith 1883 50 

1142 Abbie A. Emmons Smith (1141) [Man- 

chester M. E.], m. Jos. S. Dickinson 

1876 

1143 Jan, 2. John Henry Odber, Dea. 1881- 

1144 Catharine Elizabeth Burr Odber 

(1143) 

1145 May 7, Edward Clark Arnold 

1146 Frank Hubbard Arnold, I Waterbury 2d 

1895 

1147 Harriet Tyler Arnold, m. (1149), I 

Broadway Tabernacle, N. Y., 1888 

232 



HISTORICAL CATALOaUE OF MEMBERS 



Died Age 



1148 William Perkinson Arnold, I Portland 

1886 

1149 Cephas Brainerd, Jr., I B 'way Taber- 

nacle, N. Y., 1888 1898 38 

1150 Jennette Maria Brainerd, m. Jos. H. 

Walker 1898 42 

1151 Jessie Jedidah Brainerd, m. W. C. 

Clark 

1152 Samuel Richardson Brainerd 1879 82 

1153 Susan Buell 1902 58 

1154 Henry Hobart Clark, I Berlin 2d 1887 1900 81 

1155 Charles Austin Dickinson, I Fairport, 

Kans., Pres. 1887 

1156 Cynthia Ophelia Diclcinson Dickinson 

(1155), I Fairport, Kans., Pres. 1887 

1157 George Albert Dickinson 

1158 Hattie Ursula Dickinson, m. (1108), 

I Southington 1899 

1159 Leora Gertrude Dickinson, m. Oscar A. 

Higgins, I Mich. City, Ind., 1883 
3100 Robert Smith Dickinson, I Fairport, 

Kans., Pres., 1887 

1161 Carrile Annabel Dickinson Dickinson 

(1160) 1880 29 

1162 Ella Arnold Hayes (Emlin), wid., m. 

Rev, W. A. Luce, I Killingly M, E. 
1881 

1163 George L. Hubbell, I 14th St. Pres., 

K Y., 1878 

1164 Joseph Oliver Perry, I Guilford 3d 1879 

1165 Clara Tyler Russell 1901 51 

1166 John Chatfield Russell, I Fairport, 

Kans., Pres., 1887 

1167 Helen Augusta Russell, m. (1179), I 

Waterbury 2d 1895 

1168 James Norman Russell 1896 56 

1169 Hannah Elizabeth Arnold Russell 

(John H.) 1878 57 

1170 George Z. Skaats, I Guilford 3d 1877 

1171 Huldah Ursula Smith 

1172 Alpheus WilUams Tyler 

1173 Frances Eva Tyler, m. H. W. Slocum 

1174 Shailer Brooks Walkley 

1175 John Martin IngersoU [Olivet Ch., 

Spfd., Mass.] 1885 40 

1176 Abraham Skaats [Bridgeport 2d], I 

Guilford 3d 1877 

1177 Eliza V. Skaats (1176) [Bridgeport 

2d], I Guilford 3d 1877 

233 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Died Age 

1178 Caroline Cornelia Willard [1st Pres., 

Po'k'psie, N. Y.], m. S. A, Russell 

1179 July 2. Edward Warriner Hazen, I Waterbury 

2d 1895 

1180 Anna Dickinson, m. W. L. Parmalee, 

I Killingworth 1877 

1181 William Wallace Lawton, w. 

1182 Ann Eliza Spencer Spencer (Wm.), 

I Whitneyville 1895 

1183 Henrietta Alice Palmer Spencer (Alvin 

B.),IW. Had. M. E. 1879 

1184 Henry Hubert Brainerd, I Midtn. M. E. 

1886 

1185 Franklin Wilson Brainerd, I Middle- 

field 1888 

1186 Samuel Tyler 1894 56 

1187 Sarah Louisa Arnold Tyler (1186), 

I Meriden Center Ch. 1897 

1188 Allston Wentworth Treat 1877 19 

1189 Maria Lavinia Morgan Spencer (Nor- 

man W.) [E. Hampton], I Whitney- 
ville 1892 

1877 

1190 May 6. Ella Spencer Talmadge, I Guilford 3d 

1880 

1191 Mary Catharine Mutter, m. Wm. H. 

Kelsey 

1879 

1192 Feb. 27. Miner Comstock Hazen, M. D. [Bapt.] 

1193 Lemira Rachel Judson Hazen (1192) 

[Bapt.] 

1194 Mar. 2. Ann Augusta Smith 

1880 

1195 May 2. Mary Eliza Hazen, m, (1146), I Water- 

bury 2d 1895 

1196 Warren Tyler, I Bartow, Fla., Pres., 

1892 

1197 Martha Maria Ventres Shailer (S. W.) 

1882 

1198 July 2. Sarah A. Hall Graves (Geo. L.) Sel- 

lew (Sidney), wid. [Platteville, Wis.] 1901 74 

234 



HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 
1883 

Died Age 

1199 May 6. Armenia Maritta Brainerd [Higga- 

numj, m. Henry Spencer 

1884 

1200 July 6. Mary Noyes Tyler, m. Frederick H. 

Jones, I Wakefield, Mass., 1895 

1201 Martha Milner, I Limespring, la., M. E. 

1886 

1202 John Denison Brainerd, I New Britain 

South 1893 

1203 Irving Tyler Shailer 

1204 Ezekiel Shailer 

1205 Sept. 7. Rollin Usher Tyler 

1885 

1206 Jan. 11. William Augustus Kinner [M. Had. 

2d], I Univ. PI. Pres., N. Y. 1889, 
ret. 1899 

1207 Aug. 2. Willard Eddy [Hartford 1st] 

1208 Sept. 6. Lucy Abigail Hazen 

1209 13. Lelia Emma BucTcingham Clark (Dud- 

ley [Essex] 1897 64 

1886 

1210 May 2. Ellen Maria Arnold, m. Elwyn T. 

Clark, I Higganum 1891 

1211 George Clark Walkley 

1212 Charles Stanton Church 

1213 Nov, 7. Sylvia Ann Clark, m. (1206), I Midtn. 

South 1895, ret. 1899 

1887 

1214 Jan. 2. Sarah Elma Arnold, m. Wilton A, 

Taylor 

1888 

1215 Johanna Schmidt [St. James Ch., Jo- 

seph Park, Liverpool, Eng.], I Epis. 
Ch. Ascension, New Haven, 1891 

235 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 



1889 



Died Age 



1216 Jan. 6. Winifred May Lewis 

1217 Feb. 28. Martha Harmer [No. N. Y. M. E.], 

I Trinity M. E., Harlem, 1891 1898 47 

1218 May 5. Inez C. Arnold Walkley (1211) [Deep 

River] 

1890 

1219 Jan. 5. Justina Bussell Shailer (A. R.) [Had- 

dam Neck M. E.] 

1220 May 4. Sophia Smith Shailer 1898 88 



1892 

1221 July 3. Clarinda B. Wallace (E. B.) [Mt. Car- 
mel], see 1052 and 1120a 



1893 

1222 Nov. 5. Annie Wearing Groves Kelsey (Benj. 
W.) [Central M. E., Brooklyn, N. Y.] 



1895 

1223 May 12. Selden WiUiams Tyler [Andover, 

Mass., Theo. Sem. Ch.] 

1224 July 7. Ella Maude Lawrence Hayden (Ran- 

dolph) 

1897 

1225 Jan. 3. Ada Maria Stebbins, m. Edw. L. 

Ferree, I Midtn. 1st 1898 

1226 Myrtle Tryon Arnold (H. W.) [Cen- 

terbrook] 

1227 May 2. Ephraim Pierson Arnold 

1228 Sarah Hettie Arnold Arnold (1227) 

[Had. Neck M. E.] 

1229 Mary Alena Eussell Arnold (Phil. C.) 

1230 Samuel Arnold 

1231 Harriet Baldwin Brainerd Arnold 

(1230) [Had. Neck M. E.] 

1232 John Austin Brainerd 

1233 Frederic Augustus Tiffany Qark 

1234 Belle Dickinson 

236 



HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS 

Died Age 

1235 Elsie Hadassah Dickinson, m. (1204) 

1236 Ella Jane Kelsey 

1237 Frederick William Kelsey 

1238 Catharine Cook Russell 

1239 Carrie Elizabeth Shailer 

1240 Frederick Freeman Smith 

1241 Lida Amelia Stebbins, m. J. D. Kelsey 

1242 Clara Jedidah Brainerd Tyler (E. C.) 

1243 July 4. Minnie Laura Shailer 

1244 Bertha Elsie Moore, I BerHn 2d 1902 



1899 

1245 Sept. 10. WilUam A. Kinner [Midtn. South], 

see 1206 

1246 Sylvia A. ClarJc Kinner (1245) [Midtn. 

South], see 1213 



237 



ALPHABETICAL INDEX 



The number after each name refers to the number prefixed 
to that name in the Catalogue. 



Aekley, Delia B., 727 
Ailing, Rhoda A., 81 
Andrews, Chauncey, 436 

Fanny, 479 
Arnold, Abigail A., 891 

Alice S., 547 

Alvena I., 1132 

Ambrose, 262 

Amni S., 343 

Anna, 617 

Davis T., 1131 

Ediatha, 639 

Edward C, 1145 

EUzabeth, 412 

Ellen M., 1210 

Ephraim P., 1227 

Frank H., 1146 

Gideon, 18 

Harriet T., 1147 

Harriet B., 1231 

Horace, 684 

James, 189 

Jerusha A., 965 

Joseph, 4 

Joseph J., 1125 

Joshua, 16 

Lydia B., 625 

Martha, 93 

Martha M., 746 

Mary, 190 

Mary S., 248 

Mary S., 418 

Mary H., 1195 

Mary Alena R., 1229 

Myrtle T., 1226 

Nancy T., 1034 



Arnold, Prudah S., 457 

Prudence R., 223 

Samuel, 174 

Samuel, 1230 

Sarah T., 41 

Sarah, 67 

Sarah, 314 

Sarah, 390 

Sarah E., 1214 

Sarah H., 1228 

Seth, 442 

Submit B., 443 

Susan B., 650 

Susanna, 469 

Sylvia W., 685 

Sylvia, 966 

Ursula S., 657 

William P., 1148 
Atwater, Mary B., 820 
Augur, Eunice, 272 

Eunice T., 287 

Isaac, 286 

John B., 873 

Joseph, 339 
Austin, Drusilla B., 593 
Ayres, Nancy D., 953 

Nancy M., 1096 



B 

Babcock, Maria B., 954 
Bailey, Anna, 132 
Benjamin, 56 
EUzabeth C, 142 
Esther, 53 
Eunice C, 138 
Experience S., 647 



238 



ALPHABETICAL INDEX 



jsaiiey, ueorge li., 'oo7 

George E., 735 

Hannah S., 266 

Hannah D., 743 

Jemima B., 692 

John, 52 

John, 195 

Lucy S., 832 

Lydia S., 291, 503 

Martha ±\, 334 

Mary S., 418 

Mary, 504 

Nancy T., 843 

Polly L., 757 

Sarah S., 74 

Stephen, 137 

Sylvia L., 862 

Temperance, 263 

Zeruiah P., 422 
Baldwin, Frances H., 1065 
Barker, JuKa B., 694 
Barry, Amelia S., 994 

Elizabeth Ann, 1011 

Samuel, 565 
Bartlett, Isaac, 151 

Temperance H., 527 
Bass, Emily D., 1138 
Bates, David, 240 

Eunice H., 297 

Hannah W., 250 

Hannah S., 306 

Martha B., 574 

Solomon, 29 

Thomas, 226 

Mrs. Thomas, 227 
Beers, Freelove, 988 
Bevin, Mary, 342 
Bidwell, Edwin, 1074 

Esther B., 225 

Maria L., 1075 
Bliss, Esther M., 1114 
Boardman, Abigail S., 328 

EUzabeth D., 586 

Esther S., 242 

Jonathan, 169 

Luther, 490 

Sarah S., 92 

Sarah E., 489 

Watson L., 564 

Zeruiah, 170 



lionfoey, Amelia M., 956 

Amelia, 990 

Asahel, 781 

Chauncey, 830 

Concurrence S., 407 

David, 709 

DoUy B., 408 

Eliza, 661 

Elorilla, 989 

Jerusha T., 955 

Maria S., 954 

Susanna, 218 
Bowers, Dolly S., 608, 760 

HoweU, 759 
Boyd, Susanna, 124 
Boylston, Eleanor W., 1027, 

1123 
Brackett, Ann H., 1007 

Mary, 897 
Bradford, Joseph, 168 

Lydia C, 146 
Brainerd, Aaron, 385 

Abigail T., 247 

Abigail, 520 

Abigail, 634 

Abigail B., 696 

Abigail T., 998 

Alanson P., 795 

Almira C, 991 

Alnora D., 1115 

Alvin, 754 

Amanda, 1033 

Amelia, 875 

AmeUa B., 990 

Ana H., 590 

Ann M., 1035 

Anna C, 1064 

Ansel, 761 

Ansel, 770 

Armenia M., 1199 

Asa, 736 

Betsey A., 931 

Caleb, 780 

Calvin, 635 

Cephas, 1149 

Charles S., 968 

Clarinda A., 1052 

Clarissa, 594 

Clarissa T., 916 

Cornelia, 957 



239 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 



Brainerd, Cornelia A., 1032 
Cynthia V., 1041 
Cyprian S., 882 
Cyrus W,, 1101 
Daniel, 1 
Daniel, 12 
Daniel, 292 
Daniel, 524 
David, 329 
Davis S., 867 
Deantheum H., 855 
Delia, 727 
Dolly, 408 
Dolly, 576 
Dorothy, 224 
Dorothy T., 545 
Drusilla, 593 
E. Burtis, 1050 
Eleazer, 460 
Eliakim, 212 
Eliakim, 404 
Elijah, 54 
Elijah, 147 
Elijah, 796 
Elisha, 129 
Eliza S., 501 
Elizabeth F., 30 
Elizabeth, 90 
Elizabeth J., 281 
Elizabeth, 437 
Elizabeth, 505 
Elizabeth P., 755 
Elizabeth H., 932 
Elizabeth S., 936 
Ellen v., 1046 
Elliot, 610 
Emma, 920 
Esther, 66 
Esther B., 149 
Esther, 434 
Esther T., 753 
Esther K., 771 
Esther H., 834 
Esther S., 876 
Eveline H., 1023 
Ezra, 969 
Ezra L., 1058 
Fanny H., 435 
Fanny S., 525 
Fanny S., 626 



Brainerd, Fanny S., 814 
Fiske, 456 
Florilla H., 883 
Franklin W., 1185 
George S., 851 
Gideon, 172 
Gideon, 203 
Gideon, 355 
Gideon, 776 
Gideon F., 1126 
Hannah C, 131 
Hannah H., 324 
Hannah W., 330 
Hannah D., 701 
Harriet M., 1124 
Harriet A., 1147 
Hattie U., 1158 
Heber, 441 
Heman, 309 
Henry H., 1184 
Hepzibah S., 201 
Hepzibah H., 543 
Hepzibah, 592 
Hezekiah, 50 
Hezekiah, 280 
Huldah B., 925 
Ira S., 1044 
Jabez, 130 
James, 5 
James, 17 
Jane S., 542 
Jemima, 403 
Jemima, 741 
Jennette V., 1029 
Jennette M., 1150 
Jeremiah, 340 
Jerusha T., 105 
Jerusha B., 703 
Jessie J., 1151 
John, 323 
John A., 1061 
John D., 1202 
John A., 1232 
Joshua, 866 
Josiah, 19 
Lavinia S., 800 
Lois S., 351 
Lois, 970 
Lucretia D., 1085 
Lucy S., 148 



240 



ALPHABETICAL INDEX 



Brainerd, Lney S., 405 
Lucy S., 414 
Lucy S., 750 
Lyclia C, 146 
Lydia, 625 
Margaret B., 702 
Maritta, 762 
Martha H., 194 
Martha T., 544 
Martha H., 763 
Martha E., 868 
Martha E., 1042 
Marvin N., 1108 
— Mary F., 51 
Mary H., 271 
Mary S., 418 
Mary B., 507 
Mary Emma, 1006 
Mary, 1008 
- Mary L., 1012 
Mehitable C, 230 

Miriam, 591 

Nancy S., 921 

Nathan, 21 

Nehemiah, 208 

Oliver, 322 

Orpha C, 552 

Phebe D., 55 

Philinda, 585 

Phineas, 104 

Prosper, 506 

Eebecca B., 426 

Kebecca, 896 

Eosabel, 1089 

Euth S., 508 

SaUy D,, 712 

Sally P., 797 

Samuel, 63 

Samuel E., 1152 

Sarah D., 72 

Sarah S., 173 

Sarah E., 204 

Sarah B., 209 

Sarah, 255 

Sarah A., 390 

Sarah B., 509 

Sarah D., 850 

Sarah A., 88& 

Sarah L., 1031 

Susan, 728 

16 



Brainerd, Susanna C, 293 

Sylvester D.. 947 

Sylvester, 967 

Sylvester E., 1090 

Sylvia A., 966 

Thankful B., 58 

Tyrus, 854 

Ursula, 595 

Ursula, 638 

Ursula, 1009 

Zachariah, 229 

Zeruiah, 573 
Briggs, Lucy B., 807 
Brooks, Abigail C, 541 

Catharine, 582 

Esther B., 225 

Eunice T., 805 

Hannah, 396 

Hannah S., 471 
Hannah W., 633 
Hannah, 806 
Hezekiah C, 859 
Hiram, 775 
James, 459 
James, 555 
Jemima T., 674 
Joseph, 98 
Joseph, 383 
Joshua, 192 
JuUa, 694 
Lamira D., 1037 
Lucy A., 807 
Lydia, 478 
Martha, 574 
Mary W., 197 
Mary G., 808 
Mary E,, 820 
Mary W., 888 
Mary S., 919 
Milton, 928 
Eosanna B., 904 
Sarah B., 889 
Stephen, 528 
Susan, 395 
Thomas, 2 
Thomas, 48 
Wakeman, 196 
' Wealthy S., 529 
"Wealthy A., 575 
Brown, Martha, 221 



241 



HADDAM CHUECH ANNIVERSARY 



Brofni, Sarah S.. 907 
Buell, Susan, 1153 
BuU, Lucy C, 903 
Burr, Amelia B., 956 
Antoinette H., 995 
Bela, 826 
Cyntliia T., 670 
Electa, 841 
Eliza B., 661 
Eliza G., 944 
Elizabeth T., 911' 
Esther S., 455 
Hannah, 842 
Irena H., 829 
Jonathan, 353 
Jonathan, 782 
Joseph, 748 
Lydia B., 354 
Margaret D., 987 
Mary K., 302 
Nathaniel, 356 
Rebecca B., 896 
William H., 1070 
Butler, Eveline, 658 
Hannah B., 668 
Lueinthia, 1003 
Ulysses, 697 
Mrs. Ulysses, 698 
Button, Clarissa, 580 



Campbell, Gould, 909 

Sarah, 910 
Carter, Dan, 416 

Orpha A., 742 

Harriet W., 1113 
Catlin, Amelia S., 922 

Benjamin H., 783 
Chambers, Naomi, 369 
Chapman, Ellen T., 986 

Harriet K., 1136 

Olive B., 729 
Chase, Anna, 365 
Child, AmeUa, 872 

Betsey C, 878 

Beulah, 722 

Concurrence W., 756 

Cynthia, 672 



Child, Fanny C, 812 

George G., 567 

Heman, 624 

James K., 708 

Jane S., 542 

Sally T., 546 
Chittenden, Eoxanna H., 577 
Christopher, 87 
Church, Charles S., 1212 

Dolly T., 413 

Sally P., 480 

Samuel, 260 

Sarah H., 261 

Sarah S., 540 

Thomas, 127 
Clark, Almira M., 908 

Ann, 913 

Anna, 410 

Anne J., 321 

BeUe K., 1140 

Betsey, 462 

Candace A., 477 

Catharine S., 641 

Christiana B., 318 

Cynthia, 445 

Daniel, 140 

Deborah L., 228 

Denison W., 1128 

Dolly, 391 

DoUy S., 402 

DoUy, 579 

Dudley, 716 

Elisha, 768 

Elizabeth A., 60 

Elizabeth, 106 

Elizabeth, 264 

EUzabeth A., 596 

Elizabeth, 669 

Elizabeth A., 809 

EUzabeth C, 971 

EUen A., 1210 

Emily S., 733 

Esther B., 352 

Ezekiel S., 693 

Frances V., 1091 

Frederic A., 1233 

George, 732 

Harriet, 583 

Harriet, 902 

Harriet H., 1093 



242 



ALPHABETICAL INDEX 



Clark, Henry H., 1154 

Hezekiah, 337 

Huldah S., 695 

Jacob, 88 

James, 496 

Jessie B., 1151 

Judith S., 57 

Judith C, 303 

Judson W., 1127 

Julia H., 454 

Lelia B., 1209 

Louisa B., 1130 

Lucinda A., 869 

Lucy S., 769 

Maria F., 612 

Martha C, 282 

Martha M., 691 

Martha S., 819 

Mary W., 275 

Mary A., 666 

Mary A., 747 

Mary C, 1040 

Mehitable, 49 

Mehitable, 82 

Michael, 59 

Nancy, 578 

Susanna, 77 

Susanna, 115 

Sylvanus, 401 

Sylvanus, 623 

Sylvia A., 1213 

Thankful, 78 

Thomas H., 858 

Widow, 345 

"William, 320 
Cogswell, Eobert, 121 

Sarah B., 122 
Cone, Caleb, 73 

Clarissa, 588 

Comfort, 563 

Daniel, 7 

Daniel, 11 

Elisha, 47 

EUzabeth A., 971 

Hannah C, 368 

Huldah S., 510 

Jemima, 803 

Joseph, 45 

Margaret D., 463 

Martha B,, 307 



Cone, Mary A., 919 

Polly E., 861 

Euth, 177 

Susanna W., 46 

Susanna C, 645 

Wealthy B., 575 
Cook, Abigail B., 885 

Ansel B., 972 

Caroline C, 1016 

Catharine C, 1017 

Ebeuezer, 915 

Louisa E., 905 

Martha S., 1038 

Mary H., 941 

Nathaniel, 929 

Willard, 884 
Cooper, Dorothy T., 726 
Cowdry, Dyer, 679 
Crittenden, HopestiU, 116 
Crook, Alida D., 1118 

Esther C, 346 

Eunice, 511 

Hannah, 133 

Hannah B., 806 

Jemima B., 403 

Phebe C, 347 
Cunningham, Nancy S., 886 

D 

Day, Elizabeth B., 1011 
Dean, Ithiel, 135 
Dickinson, Abbie E., 1142 

Alida J., 1118 

Almira E., 1111 

Alnora, 1115 

Anna B., 486 

Anna A., 617 

Anna H., 711 

Anna, 1180 

Arza, 847 

Azariah, 42 

Belle, 1234 

Carrile A., 1161 

Charles, 874 

Charles A., 1155 

Chauncey A., 738 

Chauncey, 1117 

Christiana C, 630 

Clarence W., 1109 



243 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 



Dickinson, Clarissa H., 958 
Cynthia O., 1156 
Daniel C, 629 
Darius, 710 
Darius L., 1120 
David, 420 
David, 713 
Dorothy S., 311 
EUza W., 1068 
Elizabeth, 586 
EUzabeth D., 1084 
Elsie H., 1235 
Erastus S., 1047 
Esther B., 44 
Esther T., 964 
Esther B., 1048 
Esther M., 1097 
Eva E., 1129 
Frances J., 1051 
George A., 1157 
Hannah, 743 
Harriet, 1105 
Harvey, 1045 
Hattie U., 1158 
Jemima B., 403 
Jerusha A., 965 
John, 749 
JuUa S., 1080 
Lamira, 1037 
Leora G., 1159 
Lois C, 421 
Louisa S., 663 
Lydia T., 1069 
Lydia B., 1083 
Margery M., 813 
Mary, 126 
Mary, 587 
Mary E., 720 
Mary E., 816 
Mehitable K., 299 
Nathan T., 802 
Nehemiah, 43 
Phebe C, 848 
Robert S., 1160 
Sally M., 712 
Sarah V., 1028 
Susan, 656 
Susanna, 686 
Susanna T., 719 
Ursula T., 985 



Doane, Eunice P., 512 

Martha A., 276 
Dudley, Mary S., 84 
Dunham, Elizabeth S., 1013 
Dye, Martha C, 819 



E 

Eddy, Willard, 1207 
Ellis, Patience, 162 

Samuel, 89 
Elton, Susan B., 728 
Ely, Anna C, 632 

EUzabeth C, 740 

Hannah, 745 

John, 642 

Martha, 973 

Sarah, 252 
Emmons, Da\id B., 1062 

Hannah E., 745 

Hannah M., 1063 

Julia K., 978 

Maria T., 687 
Ensign, Elizabeth H., 1002 



F 

Ferguson, John, 1049 
Ferree, Ada S., 1225 
Field, Henry M., 946 

Submit D., 366, 927 
Fiske, John, 22 

Lydia P., 65 

Sarah, 23 
Flagg, Dolly, 912 

Josiah, 777 

SaUy, 778 
Freeman, Florilla B., 989 

Hester B., 731 

Luther, 730 



G 

Gates, George, 6 
Jeremiah, 488 
Joseph, 9 
Thomas, 10 



244 



ALPHABETICAL INDEX 



Gladding, Betsey B., 931 
Gladwin, Ann, 764 

Elizabeth, 937 

Gideon, 611 

Gilbert S., 975 

James, 636 

James, 676 

Laura K., 653 

Lydia L., 605 

Maritta, 762 

Margaret T., 637 

Melantha, 863 

Nancy, 659 

EusseU, 853 

Orpha M., 974 

Sabra B., 467 

Sarah E., 959 

Selden, 604 

Silas, 997 

Susan D., 656 

Tamzon E., 976 

Timothy, 417 

Willard, 620 
Goff, Mary S., 500 
Goslee, Martha H., 763 
Gossett, Fanny T., 725 
Graham, George W., 1000 

Mary D,, 1001 
Grannis, David, 556 

Lowly, 498 
Gratrax, Mary, 411 
Guy, Elizabeth B., 911 

Nancy B., 921 
Griswold, Lois C, 421 



H 

Hall, Alexander W., 892 

Mary W., 887 

Matilda, 900 
Hamlin, Chester, 752 

Eveline B., 658 
Hancock, Susan B., 728 
Harmer, Martha, 1217 
Hart, Harriet K., 1005 
Hayden, Ann L., 1007 

Arnold H., 562 

Arnold H., 1060 

Ella L., 1224 



Hayden, Nancy W., 1030 

Eoxanna, 577 

Thalia N., 699 

Ursula B., 595 

Ursula B., 1073 
Hayes, Ella A., 1162 

Miranda S., 794 

Theodore D., 943 
Hazen, Edward W., 1179 

Helen E., 1167 

Lemira J., 1193 

Lucy A., 1208 

Mary E., 1195 

Miner C, 1192 
Hazleton, Amelia B., 939 

Brittania C, 649 

Charles, 83 

Elizabeth J,, 1002 

Fanny, 435 

Frances M., 940 

James, 117 

Jedidah, 584 

Jemima H., 942 

Hannah, 409 

Sarah S., 406 

Simon, 648 

Susanna A., 91 

Sydney S., 680 
Higgins, Asa, 683 

Cornelius, 96 

Cornelius, 370 

David, 310 

Eleanor H., 249 

Esther K., 371 

FiUofeete, 655 

Hawes, 269 

Jesse, 446 

Leora D., 1159 

Lucinda B., 270 

Lucinthia S., 484 

Lydia S,, 615 

Mary T., 179 

Mary S., 682 

Sarah H., 97 

Winslow, 614 
Hill, Martha A., 746 
Holt, Fanny T., 725 
Hopkins, Esther D., 1097 
Hoyt, Experience A., 86 
Hubbard, Alice (or Else) S. 62 



245 



HADDAM CHUECH ANNIVEESARY 



Hubbard, Andrew J., 1107 
Ann C, 144 
Anthea, 835 
Antoinette M., 995 
Armenia M., 823 
Catharine, 429 
Clarissa B., 580 
Damaris W., 278 
Daniel, 290 
David, 513 
David C, 526 
Dolly, 836 
Edmund, 821 
EU, 430 

Emma B., 920, 996 
Esther W., 833 
Esther M., 834 
Eunice C, 265 
Fanny L., 1119 
Flora H., 297b 
Hancy, 452 
Hannah B., 396 
Hannah C, 514 
Harriet, 837 
Hepzibah S., 233 
Hepzibah B., 592 
Irena, 829 
James, 232 
Jeremiah, 61 
Jeremiah, 297a 
Job, 497 
Job, 613 
Joel, 143 
John O., 824 
Joseph B,, 787 
Julia, 45-^ 
Martha E., 973 
Michael, 948 
Miriam, 360 
Miriam, 450 
Mary W., 246 
Mary H., 384 
Mary S., 839 
Mary L., 1071 
Eebecca B., 327 
Ehoda, 453 
Euth, 515 
Sally, 451 
Samuel, 236 
Sarah C, 112 



Hubbard, Sarah S., 237 

Sarah B., 268 

Sarah B., 288 

Shailer, 359 

Simeon H., 856 

Susanna, 516 

Temperance S., 110 

Temperance H., 527 

Thomas, 165 

Wealthy S., 652 

William, 906 
Hubbell, George L., 1163 
Hull, Lorinda, 654 

Marietta, 822 

Nathaniel, 427 

Polly S., 444, 482 

Sally T., 428 
Huntington, Abigail G., 494 

Abigail, 495 

Ann J., 704 

Cynthia, 363 

Cynthia, 933 

Elizabeth C, 810 

Elizabeth, 932 

Jennette M., 901 

Jonathan, 362 

Jonathan, 627 

Jonathan, 857 

Josiah, 243, 493 

Ehoda L., 244 

Selden, 622 

Sarah, 811 
Hurd, Elizabeth B., 1011 
Hutchinson, Augustus C, 1059 

Eveline, 1023 

Frances M., 1065 

Ira, 852 

Laura D., 1021 

Lucinthia C, 675 

Lucinthia, 1003 



Ingersoll, John M., 1175 

J 

Jones, Mary T., 1200 
Johnson, Elizabeth P., 184 



246 



ALPHABETICAL INDEX 



Johnson, Hannah, 183 
■^ Mary S., 150 

Eichard, 118 

Eichard, 210 



Knowles, William, 485 
William, 502 



K 

Kapple, Dolly C, 579 
Kelly, John, 333 
Kelsey, Annie G., 1222 

Benjamin, 566 

Catharine E., 1139 

Clarissa M., 779 

Clarissa M., 1067 

Electa, 977 

Ella J., 1236 

Eunice T., 799 

Ezra, 425 

Frederick W., 1237 

George, 798 

George E., 1055 

Iluldah A., 1010 

James T., 1056 

Jerusha B., 481 

John, 918 

Julia, 978 

Lida S., 1241 

Mary C, 747 

Mary, 1004 

Mary M., 1191 

Philinda B., 585 

Eebecca S., 597 

Sally H., 451 

Samuel M., 1054 

Susan, 1036 

Susanna S., 473 

Zillah C, 640 
Kerneghen, Harriet D., 1105 
Ivinner, Sylvia C, 1213, 1246 

William A., 1206, 1245 
Kirtland, Adelaide, 1014 

Harriet, 1005 
Knowles, Achsah H., 828 

David B., 893 

Laura, 653 

Lydia B., 517 

Eichard, 231 

Euel, 827 

Wells, 609 



Lane, Larissa E., 440 
Lawton, William W., 1181 
Lay, Nancy S., 724 
Lee, Amzi, 621 

Jonathan H., 1086 
Leonard, Asenath B., 1018 
Lewis, Abigail T., 247 

Deborah, 159 

Ellen H., 1135 

Everett E., 1134 

John, 158 

Leander C, 1072 

Nathan, 259 

Polly, 757 

Euth v., 85 

Sarah A., 107 

Winifred M., 1216 
Lord, Hope E., 801 
Loveland, Clarissa C, 588 
Luce, Ella A,, 1162 



M 

Marsh, Frances T., 758 
Mather, Catharine B., 582 

William E., 717 
Matthew, Nathaniel, 789 
May, Dorothy, 470 

EUzabeth C, 596 

Emma E., 923 

John, 561 

Margaret D., 463 
McKane, Anthea H., 835 
Merwin, Martha S., 251 

Tamzon B., 999 
Milner, Martha, 1201 
Miner, Dorothy B., 224 
Mitchell, Asa, 785 
Moore, Bertha E., 1244 

Josephine W., 1116 
Morgan, Daniel, 570 
Mutter, Mary C, 1191 



247 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 



N 

Nettleton, Rosanna F., 1122 
Newton, Cynthia H., 933 
Nichols, Henry, 424 
North, Orpha G., 974 
Noyes, Esther W., 804, 945 



Odber, Catharine B., 1144 
John H., 1143 



Page, Rosabel B., 1089 
Pardee, Sylvia A., 966 
Parker, Amelia H., 939 
Parmalee, Alvena A., 1132 

Ann C, 913 

Anna D., 1180 

Benjamin, 386 

Cynthia C, 445 

George, 1082 

Jennette M., 651 

Jennette M., 960 

Lucy B., 1100 

Mary, 895 

Priscilla, 468 
Parsons, Lucy W., 646 
Patten, Armenia H., 823 
Patterson, Margaret S., 1095 
Payne, Lucretia B., 1085 
Pelton, Electa B., 841 

Lydia S., 503 

Ruth J., 296 
Penfield, Azuba A., 521 
Perry, Joseph O., 1164 
Phelps, Mary D., 587 
Pickett, Sarah C, 277 
Porter, Abigail, 79 

Abner, 160 

Ann, 161 

Sarah, 181 
Post, Willard, 823 
Pratt, Beulah W., 153 

David, 447 

Elizabeth B., 437 



Pratt, Ephraim, 152 

Orpha C, 742 
Prior, Clarinda B., 1052, 1120a 

B 

Randall, Eunice, 767 

Jonathan, 766 
Ranney, Ephraim, 175 

Silence W., 139 
Ray, Abigail H., 254 

Dimmis D., 849 

Flora F., 1025 

Hancy S., 846 

James, 38 

James, 845 

Larissa, 440 

Martha, 101 

Nathaniel, 256 

Phebe, 245 

Samuel, 241 

Sarah T., 554 

Susanna A., 367 
Reed, Caroline U., 815 

Elizabeth T., 938 
Rich, Harriet C, 902 
Richards, Adelaide A., 1098 
Rockwell, Lueinda C, 869 
Rogers, Alniira L., 1111 

Cornelia B., 957 

Elihu B., 1039 
Russell, Caroline W., 1178 

Catherine C, 1238 

Clara T., 1163 

Hannah B., 308 

Hannah A., 1169 

Helen A., 1167 

James N., 1168 

John C, 1166 

Josephine C, 1103 
Rutty, Ana B., 590 

Edward, 631 

Elizabeth, 961 

Esther B., 962 

S 

Sabin, Justin, 568 
Sayre, Cynthia H., 363 



248 



ALPHABETICAL INDEX 



Sclimidt, Johanna, 1215 
Scovil, Amy, 14 

Benjamin, 13 

Catharine, 344 

Dorothy, 311 

Elizabeth S., 336 

Elizabeth T., 938 

Frances, 186 

Hannah S., 36 

Hannah B., 607 

Hannah, 963 

John, 335 

Joseph, 331 

Josiah, 185 

Martha, 134 

Mary C, 319 

Samuel, 128 

Sarah S., 332 

Sarah, 358 

Tamzon G., 976 

■WilUam, 35 
Scranton, Albert, 980 

Jlargeryv-D., 813 

William, 487 
Sears, Charles, 193 

Charles, 316 

Diana S., 317 

Sarah. C, 277 
Selden, Clark, 432 

Edward, 349 

Elizabeth W., 433 

Sibyl M., 350 

Sibyl, 364 

Silence F., 102 
Selkirk, Mary D., 816 
Sellew, Sarah H., 1198 
Shailer, Alva, 707 

Anna S., 476 

Bezaleel, 304 

Carrie E., 1239 

Catharine, 28 

Elsie D., 1235 

Ezekiel, 1204 

Fanny B., 626 

Fiske, 718 

Hannah, 125 

Hannah D., 301 

Henry L., 737 

Huldah K., 1010 

Ira, 598 



ohailer, Irving T., 1203 

Jerusha B., 207 

Joseph, 560 

Justina E., 1219 

Larissa, 723 

Laura B., 772 

Martha W., 80 

Martha V., 1197 

Mary, 37 

Mary S., 84 

Mary A., 744 

Minnie L., 1243 

Nancy, 724 

Nancy, 886 

Sophia S., 1220 

Susanna C, 267 

Susanna B., 305 
Sherman, Lydia, 739 
Simmons, Helen S., 300 
Simons, Hancy H., 452 
Skaats, Abraham, 1176 

Eliza v., 1177 

George Z., 1170 
Skinner, Alfred, 559 

Almira, 688 

Caroline, 1015 

Charlotte H., 894 

Chauncey D., 765 - 

Dolly, 817 - 

Elizabeth E., 774 - 

Elizabeth, 1013-- 

Eunice H., 415- 

Hannah B., 842 - 

Harriet B., 1124 ~ 

Martha B., 465 - 

Mary S., 818 - 

Orrin, 677 

Eichard, 464 -^ 

Selden, 773 - 

Sibyl, 689 - 

Thomas, 461- 
Slocum, Frances T., 1173 
Smith, Aaron, 643 

Abbie E., 1142 

Abigail, 120 

Abigail S., 220 

Abigail, 628 

Abigail D., 890 

Abner, 238 

Ann H., 295 



249 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSAEY 



Smith, Ann A., 1194 
Anna, 114 
Anna C, 389 
Anna B., 1064 
Ansel, 678 
Asenath B., 393 
Benjamin, 25 
Benjamin, 68 
Benjamin, 791 
Beulah, 664 
Charles, 213 
Catharine, 156 
Curtis, 392 
David, 145 
Davis, 786 
Deborah S.. 95 
Diodate, 1087 
Dolly, 608 
Ebenezer, 15 
Ebenezer, 20 
Edwin A., 864 
Edwin, 881 
Eliphalet, 914 
Elizabeth C, 34 
Elizabeth W., 39 
Elizabeth L., 75 
Elizabeth, 936 
Ellen W., 1053 
Emily, 935 
Esther, 242 
Eunice C, 180 
Florilla, 581 
Frances A., 1066 
Frederick F., 1240 
Hannah B., 26 
Hannah C, 368 
Hannah E., 1063 
Harriet, 671 
Harriet H., 837 
Harriet C, 1137 
Hazael, 448 
Henry, 602 
Henry M., 1077 
Hepzibah, 69 
Hezekiah B., 572 
Huldah B., 553 
Huldah, 695 
Huldah U., 1171 
Irwin W., 831 
Jemima H., 449 



Smith, John, 155 
John, 171 
John, 388 
Jonathan, 690 
Joseph, 33 
Laura D., 838 
Laura P., 1020 
Lavinia, 800 
Lewis, 294 
Linus B., 930 
Lois, 351 
Louisa D., 663 
Lucinthia B., 879 
Lucy S., 533 
Lucy A., 832 
Lydia C, 146 
Lydia B., 792 
Margaret, 253 
Margaret S., 1106 
Mariam, 662 
Martha, 70 
Martha W,, 109 
Martha B., 868 
Marvin, 1026 
Mary, 76 
Mary T., 179 
Mary H., 202 
Mary W., 214 
Mary A., 500 
Mary A., 839 
Mary Y., 880 
Mehitable K., 239 
Miranda A., 794 
Nathan, 178 
Olive, 394 
Oliver P., 571 
Orpha I., 665 
Orriu, 530 
Osnier L., 1141 
Parmelia B., 1081 
Phebe C, 934 
Polly, 444 
Polly H., 499 
Rebecca B., 518 
Rebecca S., 548 
Rebecca, 597 
Rhoda B., 531 
Rowena P., 793 
Samuel, 113 
Samuel, 532 



250 



ALPHABETICAL INDEX 



Smith, Sarah, 74 
Sarah S., 92 
Sarah T., 211 
Sarah M., 907 
Sarah J., 1110 
Sibyl B., 491 
Sibyl S., 689 
Simon G., 1057 
Sophia G., 865 
Stephen, 94 
Stephen, 108 
Stephen, 361 
Susanna T., 312 
Susanna, 419 
Sylvia S., 603 
Thankful, 589 
Thomas C, 667 
Ursula, 657 
"Wealthy C, 877 
Williams, 119 
Snow, Asenath F., 1019 
Southmayd, Sally B., 797 
Spencer, Abigail, 111 

Abigail H., 157 
^Abner, 273 

Amy Ann, 979 

Ann E., 1182 

Anna, 423 

Armenia B., 1199 

Benjamin, 176 

Benjamin, 215 

Daniel, 141 

David, 103 

Deborah, 27 

Deborah C, 274 ^' 

Desire B., 472 

Desire S., 844 

Dorothy S., 216 

Else P., 199 

Elizabeth C, 142 

Elizabeth, 167a 

Elizabeth, 438 

Elizur, 700 

Esther, 455 

Eunice A., 272 

Eunice C, 285 
Felix M., 917 
Henrietta P., 1183 
Hezekiah, 341 
Huldah, 840 



Spencer, Jeremiah, 99 

Joel (or Jared), 167 

Margaret L., 1095 

Maria M., 1189 

Martha T., 439 

Mary W., 888 

Phineas, 64 

Eebecea B., 123 

Eowena S., 793 

Sarah, 326 

Sarah G., 959 

William, 8 
Stannard, Nathan E., 790 
Stanton, Cynthia C, 1043 
Stebbins, Ada M., 1225 

Lida A., 1241 
Stevens, Adelaide K., 1014 

Anne, 375 

Anne, 377 

Chauncey, 483 

Elisha, 376 

Hubbell, 374 

Lydia, 284 

Martha, 660 
Stilwell, Jennette P., 960 
Sutlief, Eunice, 992 

John, 283 
Nathaniel, 136 
Swan, Albert O., 981 
Hurlburt, 784 
James H., 949 
Nancy C, 578 



T 

Tallman, Frances H., 940 
Talmadge, Ella S., 1190 
Taylor, Elizabeth, 313 

Sarah A., 1214 
Thomas, Abigail B., 198 

Abigail, 474 

Anne S., 325 

Azuba A., 521 

Clarissa, 466 

Clarissa, 999a 

Daniel, 536 

Ebenezer, 279 

Ebenezer, 431 

James, 644 



251 



IIADDAM CHURCH ANNIVEliSAKY 



Thomap, Ly<lia B., 537 

Marquis I)., GfiO 

Martha B., ] 00 

Mary B., 549 

Mary A., 993 

Ruth B., 217 

8ibyl B., 491 
Tilj)>alH, Abm-r, 289 

Cyntliia, (570 

Kbcr, 298 

Jc'inirna, G74 

Lydia S., 503 

Martha B., 379 

Nancy, 843 

Phebe T., (573 

Stephen, 378 
Towner, Harriet S., 671 

Timothy, 206 
Treadwell, Mary S., 348 
Treat, Allnton W., 1188 

Marion P., 1099 

Mary H., 1071 

Nancy B., 1024 
Turner, Danfortli, 924 

Drusilhi B., 982 
Tyler, Abif^ail D,, 205 

Abraham, 40 

AlpheuH VV., 1172 

ArclielauH, 534 

Bethia \i., 721 

Christopher, 950 

Clara B., 1242 

Daniel C, 899 

David, 860 

Deborah D., 523 

Dorothy, 726 

Ellen, 986 

Esther 1)., 357 

Esther S., 600 

Esther, 601 

Esther II., 606 

Esther M., 964 

Ezra, 222 

Eanny, 725 

Frances D., 1051 

Frances E., 1173 

Hannah S., 535 

Hannah S., 963 

Harriet C, 583 

Harriet S., 715 



Tyler, Jedidah T., 200 
Lydia C, 219 
Lydia M., 1069 
Maria, 687 
Mary, 315 
Mary H., 1092 
Mary N., 1200 
Melissa U., 1133 
Moses, 522 
Nancy, 983 
Nancy, 1();{4 
Nathan, 599 
Nathaniel, 1102 
Polly L., 757 
Prudence R., 223 
Rachel P., 182 
Rollin U., 1205 
Sabra C, 681 
Sal^ra U., 984 
Samuel, 734 
Samuel, 1186 
Sarah R., 619 
Sarah A., 1187 
Selden, 618 
Selden W., 1223 
Selina A., 1(J88 
Sophia D., 1104 
Timotliy, 191 
Timothy, 714 
Ursula, 985 
Warren, 1196 



U 
Usher, Caroline M., 815 



Ventres, Abiel, 32 
Alice, 1112 
Catharine A., 1121 
Clarissa B., 594 
David B., 951 
Ebenezer, 31 
Elizabeth A., 164 
Ellen J., 1 046 
Frances S., 1066 
Frances S., 1091 



262 



ALPHABETICAL INDEX 



Ventres, Hannali E., 475 
Henry A., 1022 
Jedidah D., 926 
Jennette T., 1029 
John, 3 
John, 163 
Sarah A., 1028 



W 

Walker, Jennette B., 1150 
Walkley, David, 382, 458 

Drnsilla S., 398 

Esther I., 804, 945 

Eunice T., 805 

George C, 1211 

Hannah, 400 

Inez A., 1218 

James, 380 

Josephine C, 1116 

Lydia S., 381 

Mary H., 550 

Mary A., 887 

Prudence H., 539 

Eebecca H., 235 

Eebecca, 399 

Sarah C, 112 

Sarah P., 706 

Shailer B., 1174 

Simon, 397 

Solomon, 234 

Solomon, 538 

Timothy, 705 
Wallace, Ann B., 1035 

Clarinda B., 1221 
Ward, Levi, 372 

Mehitable H., 373 
Warner, Lucinthia C, 675 

Mary C, 747 
Watrous, Sabra T., 984 
Webb, Lydia S., 503 



Wells, Ann B., 519 

Joseph, 166 

Alary, 71 

Oliver, 338 

Eebecca, 24 
West, Oliver, 558 
Wheeler, Lucy, 646 
White, Laura D., 871 

William, 870 
Whiting, Joseph, 952 
Whitmore, Nathaniel, 154 
Whittlesey, John, 387 
Wickham, Orrin O., 898 
Wilcox, Anne S., 188 

Ellen E., 1053 

Iluldah S., 840 

John, 187 
Willard, Caroline C, 1016 

Caroline C, 1178 
Williams, Eleanor M., 1027, 
1123 

Ezra H., 1078 

Mary A., 888 

Mary E., 1079 

Mehitable D., 751 

Nancy A., 1030 
Wright, Harriet N., 1113 

James N., 1094 

Jesse D., 492 

Lucy N., 1076 

Ursula H., 1073 



Yale, Sarah S., 1110 
Young, Almorin, 788 

Asa, 616 

Hannah F., 258 

James, 257 

Sarah, 551 



253 



BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS 

A CAREFULLY prepared copy of the Vjaptisms, marriages and deaths 
till about 1850, taken from the existing records of the church, 
is given in the following pages. No attempt is made to preserve 
the form of the records or theii* arrangement on the page. 
For convenience of reference the dates are uniformly arranged, 
present abhreviutiona and ])unctuation being used. Speciid care 
is given to making tlie names a literal transcript of the original 
entries. Brackets [ ] inclose information not found in the records 
and, occasionally, corrections of manifest errors. A few bap- 
tisms of persons from Haddam previous to 1756, copied from tlie 
records of neighboring churches, are prefixed to the list. 



BAPTISMS 

From the Becords of the First Church of Christ at Middletown, 
organized on the 4th of the 9th month (Nov. 4, 0. S.), 166S. 

Mch. 1, 1669: Being the Lord's Day, Hannah Bate daughter to 
Mr. Bate of Thirty Mile Island (alas Haddum) Mrs. Bate being 
a member of and in full communion with the Church of Christ 
at Dorchester received the Innitiatory Seale of ye Covenant 
by virtue of Communion of Churches. 

14, 11th: 71. Being the Lord's Day Abraham Diball sonne of 
Goodman Dibiall of Haddam received ye Initiatory seal of ye 
covenant by virtue of Communion of Churches ye mother being 
a member in full communion with the Church of Christ at Farm- 
ington. 

2-4-72 Being the Lord 's Day, Rebeckah Coan daughter of 
goodwife Coan of Haddam, received ye initiatory seale of ye 
covenant Baptisme by virtue of Communion of Churches ye 
mother being a member of the church of Christ at Lynn, in 
ye State of Innitiation. 

7br-8-72 Being ye Lord's Day Joshua Braynard and John Stan- 
ard children of two of ye daughters of Ensign Spencer Children 
of ye Church of Christ at Lyn, received ye Initiatory seal of ye 
covenant baptism, by virtue of Communion of Churches. 

25-3-73. Being ye Lord's Day, Ebenezer Coan son of Good^nfe 
Coan of Hadum, a member of ye church of Christ at Lyn, by 
virtue of communion of churches received ye Initiatory seal of 
ye covenant Baptisme. 

5-5m (1674). Wm. son of Daniel Braynard (on his wife's her 
account) by virtue of communion of churches, and Gerhard son 
of Thomas Spencer by virtue of communion of chiarches, being 
children of ye church of Christ at Lyn received ye Initiatory 
Seal of ye Covenant. 

6-4- (1675) Nathaniel son of Goodwife Coan, with WiUiam son 
of Goodwife Stanard received ye Initiatory seal of ye covenant 
Baptisme, ye mothers members of ye Ch of Xt at Lynn in ye 
State of Innitiation. 

7br-24-1676. Grace daughter of John & Hannah daughter of 
Thomas Spencer (members of ye Ch. of Xt at Lyn) received ye 
Initiatory Seal of ye Covenant. 

255 



11.\1>1>.\M CliriaMI ANNIVKICSAK'Y 

i;0_nmo-(U)7S) i:iij!i1i llrsiiKJird & Hlovcn OtKUio cliil.lr.'ii of Two 
of yo (l;iun'li)(>i-s i>i' l']iisi^ii Si>(Miri>r of II:ultlMm wln>si> |i;irt'tils 
:\ro oliildi'iMi of vo cli of x1 ;i( l.yiin wcrt' li.'iplizctl. 

Ubr 'J ( 1()7!M 'riinm.'is n.mi of 'I'Iioiums Spciu'cr of lliicMnni n 
(.MiiM «'(' \ o Cli !>)' M Ml 1,VM . . . W.MS Ii;ipli7,t>d. 

Juno ID. ^l()Sn .Ion;i11i;m .son of Jos<>ph Arnold of llMtl.lnin 
!i inon\bor of yo Hist I'liuroh of llo:ir(foiil w.mh l>!ii)ti7,(>tl. 

ir>SL\ Moll. 10. ('!il<>l» son of IX'iniol Co;\\\ of ll;i>lil:nn his wife 
a inonihor of y(> clHiroh !i( livn (wjis bniilizod). 

,'<-7(h (lOS^) .losoph (son of Wni.) Sponcor :iiul llo/.oUinli ^^son 
of U.'tnniih') l^niyiiMnl woro briplizod, 

•hino S. \l\S\, I.ytli.'i (iljui^litor of N.'Ulninion Sponoor \v;is hnp- 
li/t'd, (Iw fMtlior ownin^f yo oovon;\nt, hoin^ !i oliild of yo ('lunch 
of n>iis( .'\l I,yii. (l)onoo rooommondod with lior f.-illior. 

l(ii>l>, .lnn(> ITi. I'li/.'iboth (ye tl.'JUjjlUor of .los<>pli & Kliz) Arnold 
of ll.)dd:tn\ l>;ipli7.od, yo Paronla nuMnbora in full Oonin !vt 
llarlford. 

1600, Aufinsl 1(1, ll<",:t<Ui:ili S(»n of Wni. SpiMU'or of llndd.'un \v:is 
b!\j>li7.od. 

1001, May HI, Smsmiuim I'v l>:nuol »'hililron of P.'inioli vS: SusiinuM 
Unni.'ird of 1l!idd;nii \\(>n> b;ipli/,(>d (ho fiitlior Ihon iMiMicly 
o\vnin)j yo Oovon.-uK. 

lOOl, IM.'vy "JO, Tho ssnno )nn(> Tlionins Oalos of H.-iddjini a mom- 
bor yo lirst clniroh .-il H.-ulford & his wifi> Uiinnah l>;ilos (for- 
niorly Urainard") rolatod (o yo olnnvh at S.'iybrook both in yo 
Hlalo of lniti;\tion t.'ikinjj hold of thoir jiaronts oovonani li.'.d 
Ihoir son Thoin.Ms b.-ipti/od. !is liko\vis(< Mary (^ono (Soino (<m(<>s') 
yo wifo of l>!inl Cowo s(;indin^ in yo lik(» n>I:\tiot\ to tlrst Clnirch 
at Hartford h.ad lior son n.'inll bapti/.od bolli by \irtno of Com 
nniniiin of Churohos. 

lOO.'i, Nov. ;i, Mic.aiah son of Willni Sponcor of ll.idiiani .'ind his 
wifo IMarjjarot Sponcor was b.-iptizod. 

KiO.'i, Nov. 10. l'>ai\ioI son of Tlunnas \ Uannali C..il(>s of Ihiild.'un 
was bapti/.od. 

1005, .lany .'i, 8arah tlu^ wifo of .lolin Smith (fonnorly \Vhi(<<) 
owninjj; yc oovonant had hor son Nathaniol baptizod. 

1000, .Tnno 21, Hannah yo danjjhtor of Panll Braynard of ll.id- 
dam was baj>ti7.od. 

1000. .Inly 10. .lolin yo son of .lohn \ ll:nin;ih Hato of ll!idil.\n> 
was b;ipti7,od by virtue of oomniuniou of ohurohos, yo father 
rolatod to ye ( huroh of Ohrist in Oorchestor yo mother to liie 
lirst church of \l in ll.-irtforil in yo S(;ito of 1 i\nitia(ion. 

•j:.o 



HAPTIHMR 

2(')'.)<'>, ./;i.riy 17, Jolin Y<:rii.r<:H :i. rtx-.ttifii-.r of yf; (l]iuri:]i of Chrifit in 
Jlu'J'iarn hy virf.uo of f-ornrnuniori of Chur(:h<;H wan \>:i]ii\ •/.<:<[ :t.<:- 
cordiri}^ to yo u.i\v\<:<i of yo <!)'lorH und rrifrHHcn^orH yt were \>T<m- 
cnt at yc Kafii<;ririg of yo church, yo bcinj^ /jo of/icor to yt 
church. 

1697, Juno 1.'{, Htophon Hon of GorhanJ & Kliz: Cone inhabitantH 
of Jfa'Jdarn waw haptizo'l by communion of churchcH, yc father 
having bcin baptized at & ye mother a m'-mbcr of ye firHt 
church of ChriHt in Jfartford in yc Htato of Initiation. 

lf;07, July ]8, Mr. Alexander Jiollo waw admitted to full com- 
munion with thJH church. 

1097, July 2fJ, Harnll & Eliz: ye children of Mr. Rollo; JoHcph & 
, EWz: ye children of .JoHCph OateH a member in full communion 

with ye church at Ifaddarn ; were baptized. 

]G98, May 8, Harah ye dau{,'hter of Jno & Sarah Hmith of ifaddarn 
was baptized ye mother being of this church. 

1098, .July 3, Joseph Hon of ./oHCph Arnold of Ifaddarn waH bap- 
tized by virtue of communion fif churches ye father belonging 
to ye ii^Ht church of Xt in Ifartford. 

1698, Nov. 1'^, Thomas ye son of Gerhard & JOliz: Coan Cinhab- 
itants of ifaddam; was baptized by communion of churches ye 
father having been baptized at & ye mother belonging to ifart- 
ford. 

1099, Hept. 10, Mehetabel ye daughter of Elizabeth ye wife of Jno 
J'aJly of ffaddam v/as baptized by communion of churches ye 
mother belonging to the church of Christ in New London. 

1099, Oct. 1, Margaret ye daughter of Willm & Margaret 
Hpcncer of Haddam Cye mother being in full communion with 
this church) was baptized. The same time Dorothy ye daughter 
of Nathil Spencer of lladdam was baptized by communion of 
churches. 

]f599, Oct. 29, Baptized Joseph ye son of Jno & ITaTinah Bate of 
Ifad'lam by communion of churches, vid: July 19, 1696. 

1699, Nov. 26, Elizabeth ye daughter of Jno & Sarah Smith of 
Jfadflam was baptized. 

1700, .June 2, Sarah ye daughter of Sarah Bi dwell alias Sarah 
Jiraynard ye v/ife of Willm i^raynard of ifaddarn was baptized 
tfie mother belonging to this church and having formerly owned 
ye covenant here. 

1700, .June 9, Daniel Braynard in full communion with ye church 
of Christ at Ifaddarn had his son Stephen baptized by com- 
munion of churches. 

17 257 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

1700, June 16, Nathaniel Co*i.e of Haddam related to ye church 
of Christ in Lyn had his son James baptized by communion 
of churches. 

1700, Nov, 10, John ye son of Eliz: (Markham alias) Bate ye wife 
of Jno Bate of Haddam (was baptized) ; the mother (ye sd 
Eliz) belonging to this church where she hath owned ye cove- 
nant. 

1701, Oct. 26, Elizabeth ye daughter of Gerhard & Eliz : Coan of 
Haddam was baptized the father being baptized at & ye mother 
related to a church at Hartford. 

1702, May 31, Elizabeth ye daughter of Jno & Eliz: Bate (of 
Haddam) was baptized. 



From the Middle Haddam Church Becords. 
Bev. Benjamin Bowers, Pastor. 

Baptized at Haddam Febr 14, 1747. 

Jonathan ye son of John & Sarah Smith. 

Children baptized in Haddam, April 12, 1747. 
Mary the Daughter of Natlil & Ann Tyler. 
Amos the son of Nathel & Elizth Spencer. 
& Mary the Daughr of Joel & Mary Spencer. 

Baptized at Haddam Augst 16, 1747. 

Charles ye son of Saml & Esther Brainerd. 

Children Baptized in Haddam Septembr 20, 1747. 

Jael ye Daugr of Bickf ord. 

Eleoner ye I)augr Simon & Eleoner Smith. 
Dorcas ye Daugh of Francis & Experience Arnold. 
& Hannah the Daugr of & Hannah Spicer. 

Children Baptized in Haddam March 27, 1748. 
David ye son of David & Thankful Clark. 
Hezekiah ye son of Hezekiah & Elizabeth Shaler. 
Catherine the Daugter of WilKam & Hannah Scovil. 
Jacob ye son of Jacob & Thankful Brainerd. 
Euth ye Daughter of Micael and Lucy Mudge. 

Children Baptized in Haddam, April 16, 1749. 
David ye son of Hez 'h & Mary Brainerd. 
Reuben ye son of Simon & Eleoner Smith. 
Silas ye son of Elisha & Hannah Cone. 
Min dwell of Elijah & Pliebe Brainerd. 
Gideon ye son of Hopestill & Mary Cridenden. 
Jacob ye son of Jacob & Mehetabel Clark. 
Austin of William & Lydia Smith. 
Phebe ye Daugr of Samuel & Fergesen. 

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BAPTISMS 

Concurrence of Eobert & Sarah Cogswell. 

ye child of Peletiah & Clark. 

ye child of Nathel & Sarah Burr. 



From the MilUngton Church Becords. 
Bev. Eobart Estabroolc, Pastor. 

Baptized at Haddam June 19, 1748. 
Elizabeth dau. of Joseph Smith. 
Mary Johnson. 
Simeon son of John Spencer. 

From the Eadlyme Church Becords. 
Bev. Grindal Bawson, Pastor. 

Baptized at Haddam April 14, 1754. 

Nehemiah son to David & Dorothy Smith. 
Joshua son to Joseph & Elizabeth Smith. 
Obadiah son to Nehemiah & Esther Dickinson. 
Charles son to Chas. & Abigail Hazelton. 
Jonathan son to Jonathan & Zerujah Boardman. 

John son to Elexander & Eyn. 

Sarah Daughter to Isaac & Susanna Bartlett of Durham. 
Esther daughter to Hezekiah & Mabel Clark. 

From- the Middle Haddam Church Becords. 

Children Baptized in Haddam November 17, 1754. 
Selah ye son of Daniel & Abigail Grizwold. 
John ye son of Hopestill & Mary Cridenden. 
Mical ye child of Joseph & Elizabeth Clark. 
Sarah ye Daughr of Samuel & Anne Smith. 

Cliildren Baptized in Haddam Augt. 17, 1755. 
Joseph ye son of Caleb & Sibbil Cone. 
Dorothy ye Daugr of Willm & Hannah Scovil. 
Isaac ye son of John & Martha Spencer. 

Eebeckah ye Daughr of Samuel & Fergesen. 

John ye son of John Smith Jnr. 

WiUiam ye son of Heber & Esther Brainerd. 

Anne ye Daugr. of James & Elizth Clark. 

From the East Haddam Church Becords. 
Bev. Joseph Fowler, Pastor. 

Feb. 9, 1755, Baptized a number of Children belonging to some 
members of ye Church of Christ in Haddam. 

259 



I1.\I>I)AM ("IlliliCll ANN1\'KU"SAUV 

Hiiiioti Miiiilli (if lliiililiMM IiikI a cliild luipti/.tMl iiiiiiiimI I'lliiiH. 
Hiuali vti wil'ii (>r .loliii iSiiiilli Ix^ldii^iii^' lo IhuldMiii liiul ti child 

tin|>li/.tid ii|>(iii Ikm' own iicil iiiiitKHl I liiiu^iv. 
Oonitiliim lli^^iiiH III' lladdam had n Cliihl |iM|ili'/(Ml iiaimil 

Jtolhia. 
hauiol Clark ol' lladdant had a ciiild lia{>li/,(Hl aaaiod .I()HO|>Ii. 

Niiv. 1(5, I75fi. 'riiti widtiu liichardrtou tit' lladdaiu had Iut child 
lia|>ti^(ul uaiaiHl iSlanlda. 



lit^coul k<i>t hij tho li'dv. Kleaser Mdij. 

1750 

.Inly 7. 1 l>M|>li/.tid (ViUiH lUo huh uI' Maiidl Miaincnl. 
II. tliihn Iho Hdit ol' Mandl Ariadd. 

Itich.'ii'd Iho Hon of John Itaihn', Jr. 
KliMaliolh lh(i han^htor of I'lvaii 'riioinuH. 
Hannah Iho haiighlt^r of John ('lark. 
iSaiidl Iho Son of Jonalhaii Hoardnian. 
IS. Martha Ihc Pannhlcr of ()ih<M I'orlor. 
Au^. I. JaliOH Iho Son of Nalhanaol Miicnicr. 

15. Kunico, llopo, iSimanna, Jt^ninia, AndiroHo, Iho Cliildrcn 
of Kzokicl and Sarah Haloy hin wil'o. 

21. Haiuiud tlut Hon of Hainiuil Smith. 
St^pt. 5. Jonathan tho Son of Nalhaniol ISnrr. 

I'-!. Ann Sarah & haiinah l>anj;htorH of Mpiiraini Sliayl(<r. 

Ii>. Nalhanaol Iho Son of Charlos Ua/.olloii. 

Oct. lit. K'olicrt llio Son of h'oliorl Sliattnck of M. Hampton. 

17. l>aniol Son of l>anll (JriMwonld l>ocoaHfd. 

;!l. Aaron Son of Mr. I'ickoll of lladdam C^)uarlor. 

Nov, 14. Sinuui Son of .lanu'H Ihu.ollon, .1 r. ; and l''rancin Son 
of wiilo Uoyd. 

22, Ooor^'o Son oi' iHraol lli^>^inH Jr of Middle lladdam. 
Doc. Dunitil Son to l>anll Smith. 



1767 

Jan, 2. UtMibcn Hon of Jcrinninh Sponcor, and Nathan Hon of 
JoHt<ph (Mark Jan. 
viO. Marv, l-ncv, ThoniaH, Saniiuil, Ksthtn", tho Childifn of 
'ThoinaM ('hnridi and his wife Lncy ('lunch. 
l''oli. CophaM Son of .loHO[>h Scldon, i\i. Ann Arnold Iho |)anj;h- 

tor of Nathan LovvIh, 
At Middloli.ihl JoHHO tlui Son of Jo: Miller, Jr.; 
Stophon Son of I'ldwanl Tiirnor; LoiH Uaftor tif \\ ni. 
Miller, 

260 



BAPTISMS 

Mar. Zebulon Lewis the Son of Jacob Clark; Ebenezer, Son 

of Cornelius Higgins; Mary Daughter of Daniel 
Spencer the first. 
Whetmore & Joseph the Sons of Shubael Crook. 
Apr. Jabez, Daniel, Caleb, John, Hannah, Ann, the Chil- 

dren of Jabez Brainerd and his wife Hannah. 
Joseph Son of Wm. Scovil 

Deborah, Williams, James, the Children of James Baley 
and his wife Anna. 
May David Son of Lieut. Neh. Dickinson. 

Eunice the wife of Stephen Baley; and Prudence the 

Daughter of Stephen Baley and his wife Eunice. 
Silence the Daughter of Ephraim Eaney. 
James Son of John Smith; Dorothy the Daughter of 
Williams Smith, Jr.; Kosewell the Son of Thomas 
Frances. 
June Isaack halsey Son of Simon Ely. 

Samuell, Eunicee, Children of Nathll Surtlife. 
July Daniel Son of Danll Spencer and his wife Elisabeth; 

and also Thomas there Son. 
Abigail Clark the Daughter of David Smith the 2d. 
Benjamin, Sarah, Samuell, Children of Ithel Dean. 
Joel, Sarah, Children of Joel Hubbard. 
Aug. David Son of Richard Johnson, Jr. 

Sept. John Sterns Son of Thomas Church. 

At Eastberry Mindwell Daughter of John Hill. 
Ezekiel Baley Son of Caleb Cone. 

Phebe Eice & Mary Worsen Daughters of Samuel 
forguson. 
Oct. At Midle Haddam Vienna the Daughter of Doctr 

Bradford. 
At Midle Haddam Susannanh the Daughter of Benjm 

Brainerd. 
Hannah the Daughter of Solomon Bates; Elisabeth the 

Daughter of Danll Spencer. 
Jerusha Daughter of Evan Thomas. 
Nov. Anna the Daughter of Edward Church of Hadlime. 

Ebenezer Son of Doer Cruttenden. 
Dec. Elijah Son of Elijah Brainerd Jr. 

1758 

Jan. Zechariah Son of Heber Brainerd. 

Feb. At Chester Abigail Daughter of Peter Bebee. 

Elisabeth Daughter of Justus Buck. 

Mary Daughter of Jared Avery, 

Sarah Daughter of Charles Deming. 
Mar. Hezekiah Son of James Clark. 

Lois Daughter of Isaack Augur. 

261 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Apr. Jeheu Son of Phinehas Brainerd. 

Martha Daughter of Elisha Brainerd. 
May Mary the Daughter of Alexr Lynn. 

Sarah Daughter of Elihu Johnson. 

Thankfull Daughter of Daniel Clarke. 
June At Stepny Ehoda the Daughter of Asa Belding. 

At Chester Jerusha the daughter of Joseph Clark. 

Naoma Daughter of Giles Porter. 
July Lois the Daughter of Nathll. Spencer, Anner, Diana, 

Daughters of Benjm. Baley. 

Solomon, Jerusha, Children of Samll Baley. 

At Hebron Sibbil Daghter of Elezr Strong. 

Else the Daughter of Jeremiah Spencer. 

Mary, Elizur, Children of Elizur Spencer. 
Aug. Ruth Daughter of Shubel Crook. 

27. John the Son of Eleazer and Sibbil May an Infant. 
Sept. James the Son of Jonathan Boardman. 

ThankfuU Daughter of Samel. Brainerd. 

Phebe Daughter of Lemuel Pratt. 
Oct. Anne Daughter of James Baley was Baptized by Mr. 

Fowler. 

Sussannah Daughter of Elizur Spencer. 
Nov. James Son of Nathll. Surtliff. 

Dec. David Son of David Smith 2d. 



1759 

Feb. Henry son of Samuel Smith. 

Enoss the Son of John Smith Jr. 
Mar. Joseph, Simon, Samuel, and Mary, Children of John 

Lewis. 

Elias Son of Richard Johnson Jr. 
Apr. Marther Daughter of Nathll, Burr. 

Jonathan Son of Thomas Church. 
May Lydia the Daughter of Ephraim Raney. 

Lydia Daughter of Elijah Brainerd jr. 
July Samuell Son of Hopestill Cruttenden. 

abigail Daughter of John Clarke. 
Sept. Edward son of Joseph Selden. 

Theodore Son of Benjm. Stillman Esqr. 
Oct. Andrew Son of John Lewis. 

Abigail, Amos, Abner, Anne, Children of Abner Porter. 
Nov. Timothy Son of Wm. Scovil. 

Elias, Mary, Children of John Ventrous. 
Dec. Jerusha, Elisabeth, Thomas, Ann, Hannah, Children of 

Thomas Hubbard. 

Phebe Daughter of Elisha Brainerd. 

262 



BAPTISMS 



1760 



Feb. 17. Sibbil the Daughter of Eleazer & Sibbil May an Infant. 
Mar. Lettice Daught of Samll Ferguson. 

Sarah Daughter of Danll Spencer 2d. 
Apr. Aner the Daughter of Caleb Cone. 

Ezra the Son of Jeremiah Spencer. 

Elisabeth the Daughter of Joseph Clark; Stephen Son 
of Stephen Baley. 
June Lois Daughter of Williams Smith jr. 

July Lemuel Son of Lemuel Pratt. 

Felix Son of Isach Augur. 

Bathsheba Daughter of Giles Porter. 

Aaron Son of Abner Porter. 

John Smith an adult Person. 
Aug. Sarah Daughter of John Smith disceasd. 

Sept. Hannah the Daughr of Shubael Crook. 

Oct. Phebe the Daughter of Ithel Dean and Alexander the 

Son of Alexandr Lynn. 

Zeruiah Daughter of Jonthn Boardman at His House. 
Dec. Sarah Arnold Daughter of John Ventrous. 

Mary the Daughter of Saml Arnold; 

Sibbil the Daughter of Elihu Johnson. 



1761 

Feb. Susanna Daughter of Charles Hazelton. 

Apr. Hepsibah Daughter of James Clark 

And Benjm. Son of John Smith. 

Cornelius Son of Samuel Brainerd. 

Lucy Daughter of Elijah Brainerd Jr. 
Mar. James Son of Elizur Spencer at his own house. 

Apr. Concurrence Daughter of David Smith 2d. 

DoUey Daughter of Thomas Hubbard. 
May Elijah Son of James Baley. 

June Esther the Daughter of Othniel Brainerd of Mid. Had- 

dam. 

Edmond the Son of Joel Hubbard. 

Stephen Son of Nathll Burr. 
Mar. Seth Son of Nathll Spencer. 

June Jesse the Son of Benjm Spencer. 

Lydia Daughter of Joseph Clark. 
July Abigail ye Daughter of Eichard Johnson Jr. 

26. Cynthia the Daughter of Eleazer and Sibbil May. 

Kobert the Son of Samll Smith. 
Aug. At Middletown Jabez Son of Widdow Cook. 

Samuel son of Jeremiah Spencer. 

263 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Sept. David son of Cornelius Higgins. 

Elisabeth Daugter of Elisha Brainerd. 
Oct. Moses Son of Jacob Ely. 

1762 

Jan. Cloe Daughter of Doct Hopestill Cruttenden. 

May ]\Iary & Sarah Daughters of Nathan Smith. 

Elisabeth the Daughter of Thomas Francis, 

Jonathan Son of Aaron Smith. 
June Susannah Daughter of Abner Porter. 

John Son of Giles Porter. 

Eunice the Daughter of Stephen Baley. 
July Danl Son of Jonathan Boardman. 

Sarah Daughter of John Lewis, and Hannah alias Anner 
Dauglitr of Benjm Spencer. 
Aug. At Midle Haddam Bethiah Daughter of Ezra Smith, 

& Abigail Daughter of Mr. Carry. 

William the Son of Heber Brainerd. 

Dorothy Daughter of Charles Hazelton. 
Sept. Elisabeth Bradley Daughter of Isaack Augur 

And Eac-hel Daughter of Nathll Surtliff. 
Oct. Jemima Daughter of Lemuel Smith. 

Stephen Son of Stephen Johnson 

and Mary Olmsted Daughter of Williams Smith. 
Dec. Israel Son of Nathan Smith. 



1763 

Mar. 13. Anne the Daughter of Eleazer & Sibbil May. 

Lewis Son of Jeremiah Spencer. 

Daniel the Son of Joseph Clarke 

And Judith the Daughter of Joel Hubbard. 
Apr. Lydia the Daughter of Elisabeth Bates on Esqr Brain- 

erd 's account She being bound to Him. 

Thomas the Son of Shubael Crook. 

Curtis tlie Son of John Smith. 

Samuel the Son of Elihu Johnson. 

Mary the Daughter of John Ventrous 

& Samuel the Son of Elijah Brainerd jr. 
May Abigail if I mistake not the Name Daughter of Elizur 

Spencer. 
June Dorothy & Rhoda Daughters of Josiah Scovil. 

John the Son of William Knowles. 
July Sarah Levi & James the Children of James Arnold 

And Ebenezer & John the Children of John Wilcocks. 
Nov. Ebenezer the Son of James Baley. 

Dec. Hannah Daughter of Doer Cruttenden. 

2G4 



BAPTISMS 



1764 



Jan, Lydia the Daughter of Lt. Cornelius Higgina 

And Deborah Daughter of Samll forguson. 

Chipman Son of James Clark. 

John Son of John Clark was baptized by INIr, Bordnian. 
Feb. Elisha Son of Elisha Brainerd. 

Mar. Elisabeth Brainerd Daughter of Joshua Brooks. 

Taphena Child of Jacob Ely. 

William Child of Wd Harris of IMiddletown. 
Apr. James Son of John Wilcocks. 

Elisabeth Daughter of Stephen Johnson. 

an Brooks Daughter of Eiehard Johnson. 
May Phinehas Son of Samll Smith. 

Joseph son of Joseph Farnam of N, Killingworth. 

Lydia Daughter of Daniel Clarke. 

Daniel Charles Sarah and Lueretia Children of Charles 
Sears. 
July Zil[pah] Daughter of Stephen Baley, 

Eebeekah Daughter of Joseph Wells Esqr. 

Lucy Daughter of John Surtlif. 
Oct. James & Joseph Children of Wakeman Brooks. 

Zerviah the Daughter of Jonathan Bordman. 

James the Son of Abner Porter. 
Nov. Phebe the Daughter of Elihu Johnson. 

James & Henry & Mary & Abigail the Children of 
Ebenezer Thomas. 
Dec. ann the Daughter of Joel Hubbard. 



1765 

Jan. Ehoda the Daughter of Josiah Scovil. 

Feb. DoUey the Daughter of Jer"*" Spencer. 

Sarah the Daughter of Isaack Augur. 
Mar. Simon Son of Lemuel Smith and Jedidah Daughter 

of Nathan Smith. 
Apr. 14. Elisabeth Daughter of Eleazer & Sibbil May. 

Else the Daughter of Elijah Brainerd. 
May Joseph the Son of Joseph Clark Jr. 

Sarah the Daughter of Shubael Crook. 

huldah the Daughter of Amos Johnson 

and Phebe the Daughter of James Arnold. 
June Enos & Thomas & Sarah the Children of John Spencer. 

Aug. William the Son of William Knowles. 

Elias the Son of John Ventrous. 
Sept. Abiel the Daughter of James Baley. 

Dorothy the Daughter of EKzur Spencer. 

Ebenezer the Son of Ebenezer Thomas 

& Thomas the Son of John Smith. 

265 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Oct. Rachel & Timothy the Children of Nathaniel Ray. 

Abraham & Susanah the Children of Lt. Abraham Tyler. 

Susannah the Daughter of Ensign Samuel Arnold. 

Henrietta the Daughter of William Bradford. 
Nov. Stephen the Son of Increase Brainerd. 

Dec. Ruth the Daughter of Lemuel Pratt. 

Esther the Daughter of Charles Hazelton. 

1766 

Mar. Jemima the Daughter of Stephen Johnson. 

Apr. Edatha the Daughter of Jared Hubbard. 

Williams the Son of Williams Smith. 

David the Son of Daniel Spencer. 

James Smith the Son of Ensign John Clarke, & William 
the Son of John Willcox. 
May Elisabeth the Daughter of Jos Wells Esqr. 

Frederick James & Else the Children of James Smith 

And Jesse the Son of Richard Johnson. 

Nathaniel the Son of Nathll SurtUf. 
Aug. Concurrence the Daughter of Abner Porter. 

Damaris the Daughter of Heber Brainerd 

and Drusilla Mary Lovisa Sarah Joseph Gideon the 
Children of Gideon Brainerd 

and Nehemiah & Nathaniel the Children of Samuel 
Tylor 

and Timothy the Son of Wakeman Brooks. 
July Content the Daughter of Samll Forguson at his house 

it being sick. 
Sept. Noah Son of Samll Smith at his house. 

Anne Timothy David Dorothy Susannah Children of 
Timothy Towner. 

Timothy the Son of Abraham Tyler Jr. 
Oct. Eleazer the Son of Eleazer & Sibbil May. 

Nov. Rufus & Jerusha the Children of Ezra Shailor 

and Phebe the Daughter of John Spencer 

& David the Son of Aaron Smith. 

Anne and Elisabeth the Daughters of Nehemiah Brain- 
erd. 
Dec. Rhoda the Daughter of EHhu Johnson. 

1767 

Feb. Samuel the Son of Samuel Smith. 

Mary the Daughter of Jeremiah Spencer. 
Mar. Nathan the Son of Samuell Tyler. 

Deborah Daughter of Josiah Scovil. 
Apr. at Milington, a Child of one Mr. Fox. 

Joseph and Mary the Children of Isaack Augur. 

266 



BAPTISMS y 

/ 
May Anne the Daughter of Nathan Smith. 

Jemima Daughter of Elijah Brainerd. 
June Israel the Son of Samll Bur 

& Mary Daughter of James Arnold. 
Sarah the Daughter of Joseph Clark. 
July Deborah the Daughter of Jacob Ely. 

Mary Wells & John the Children of John & Sarah 
Smith. 
Aug. AUyn the Son of Thomas Bates. 

Jesse Oliver Eliakim Phinehas & John the Children of 

Eliakim Brainerd. 
Prudence Daughter of Gideon Brainerd. 
Sept. Zilpah & Joseph the Children of Charles Smith, 

Oct. Eunice the Daughter of Ebenezr Thomas. 

Hubbard the Son of James Smith. 

Susannah Dolly Euth Lydia David & Aaron the Chil- 
dren of Aaron Thomas & Euth Thomas his wife. 
Nov. Margaret the Daughter of Shubael Crook. 

Dec. Abiather the Son of Joel Hubbard. 

1768 

Apr. Abigail the Daughter of Elisha Brainerd. 

May Ann the Daughter of John Willcox. / 

Samuel the Son of Samll Ferguson. 

Didimus the Son of Stephen Johnson. 
June Amelia the Daughter of Nehemiah Brainerd. 

Charles the Son of Nathaniel Surtlife. 
July Jane the Daughter of Daniel Spencer 

& Eebeckah the Daughter of Ithel Dean. 

Charles the Son of Jacob Povirers of Midletovra. Ste- 
phen Smith & his wife offered sd Child in Baptism. 

Israel the Son of Joshua Brooks. 
Sept. Susannah the Daughter of James Baley. 

Prudence the Daughter of Eleazer & Sibbil May. 

David the Son of Nathll Burr. 

Lucretia the Daughter of Abner Porter 

and Elisabeth the Daughter of Ezra Shailor. 
Oct. Hannah the Daughter of William Knowles. 

Sept. Susannah Bonfoye an Adult Person at her father's 

house. 
Nov. Lucy the Daughter of Eichard Johnson. 

at N Eallingsworth Olive the Daughter of Eosewell Ste- 
phens. 

1769 

Feb. Anne the wife of Samll Spencer an adult Person at his 

House. 
Ezra the Son of Lt Abraham Tylr. 

267 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSAEY 

Mar. Eebeckah Williams Daughter of Charles Smith. 

Mindwell the Daughter of Increase Brainerd 

and also Mary Dorothy Joseph James Partrik & David 
& Aaron the Children of Joseph Tyler. 
Apr. Eleazer the Son of Isaack Augur. 

Sarah Daughter of Samuel Smith. 
May Hannah Snow the Daughter of Aaron Thomas. 

Samuel the Son of Alexander Lynn. 

Deborah the Daughter of Joseph Clarke. 
June Caroline the Daughter of Aaron Smith 

& Asael the Son of Elijah Brainerd. 

Henry the Son of Elizur Spencer. 

Damaris the Daughter of Ebenezr Thomas 

and Mercy the Daughter of William Bradford. 
July Orin the Son of Josiah Kedfield of North KilKngworth. 

Sept. Elisabeth the Daughter of John Spencer. 

Amos & Phebe Hubbard the Children of Elisha Brain- 
erd. 
Oct. Elias the Son of Jacob Ely. 

Esther the Daughter of Samll Tyler. 
Nov. Heber the Son of Gideon Brainerd. 

Jonathan the Son of John Smith. 
Dec. Elisabeth the Daughter of Wakeman Brooks. 

Dan the Son of Eliakim Brainerd. 



1770 

Jan. Joseph the Son of Joseph Wells Esqr. 

Mar. David the son of John Willcoks. 

Damaris the Daughter of Samll Burr. ^,,,^ 
Apr. Elijah the Son of James Arnold. ^^ 

Nathan the Son of Nathan Smith. ■ 

Abraham the Son of Joel Hubbard. 
May 6. Clarissa the Daughter of Eleazer & Sibbil May. 
June Shubael the Son of Shubael Crook. 

July Martha Brown an Adult Person. 

Anne the Daughter of Joshua Brooks. 

Nehemiah the Son of Mr. Nehemiah Brainerd. 

Eachel the Daughter of Abner Porter. 

John the Son of John Brooks Disceast. 
Aug. Samuell the Son of John Ventrous. 

Sept. Caleb Brainerd the Son of Stephen Johnson. 

Samuel the Son of Samll Scovil. 
Oct. at Middletown John the Son of John Foster. 

Miranda the Daughter of Thomas Bates 

And Esther the Daughter of Ezra Shailor. 
Dec. Calvin the Son of Eichard Johnson. 

268 



BAPTISMS 

1771 

Jan. Ehoda the Daughter of Stephen Baley. 

Feb. Sarah the Daughter of Aaron Thomas. 

Mar. Jonathan the Son of Joseph Tyler 

and Sarah the Daughter of John Smith Jr. 
Apr. Jedida the Daughter of Lt Abraham Tyler. 

May Huldah the Daughter of Heber Brainerd. 

June Daniel Esther & James, the Children of Zechariah 

Brainerd. 
Mary the Daughter of James Smith. 
Bethiah Esther Simon Walker Kichard Euel & Daniel 

the Children of Eichard Knowles. 
Euth the Daughter of Wm Knowles. 
Aug. at Middletown William the Son of Samll Atkins. 

Mabel the Daughter of Ebenezer Eoberts. 
Eeuben the Son of Increase Brainerd. 
SamueU Moses Eosewell & Smith the Sons of Samll Hub- 
bard. 
Sept. Dinah the Daughter of EUzur Spencer. 

John the Son of Elisha Brainerd 
and David the Son of Zacheriah Brainerd. 
Oct. Asahel & Sarah the Children of Elijah Brainerd And 

Eliab the Son of Aaron Smith. 
Nov. Ebenezer the Son of James Baley. 

Dorothy Mehitabel Sarah Jerusha Elisabeth Hepsibah 
John Willard Benjamin Abner the Children of Abner 
Smith. 
Dec. Susanah Daughter of Eichard Knowles. 

Solomon Samuel John David and Submit the Children 
of David Bates. 



1772 

Jan. Davis Huldah and George the Children of William 

Smith. 
Feb. Clarinda the Daughter of Josiah Huntington. 

16. Huntington the Son of Eleazer and Sibbil May. 

Levi the Son of John WiUcox. 
Apr. Nathan the Son of John Spencer 

And Mary the Daughter of Charles Smith. 

Edwin the Son of Thomas Bates. 
May Tryphena the Daughter of Josiah Scovil. 

at East Haddam 

Jeremiah the Son of Shubael Fuller 

Joseph Johnson the Son of Charles WiUiams 

Joseph Otis the Son of Cornelius Anibal. 
June Thomas the Son of Samll Scovil 

269 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

June Nathaniel the Son of Shubael Crook 

John the Son of Joel Hubbard. 
Feb. Saniuell Betsey Molley Eebeckah Susannah Nathan 

Phebe Children of Samll Kay. 
July Susannah the Daughter of Joseph Wells Esqr. 

John the Son of Joshua Brooks 

and Rebeckah the Daughter of Wakenian Brooks. 
Aug. Amos the Son of Nathan Smith. 

Sylvester the Son of Joiin Smith, 

Sarah the Daughter of Samll Tyler. 
Oct. Abraham & Sarah the Children of Samll Hubbard. 

Nov. Lydia Daughter of David Bates. 

Sarah Arnold the Daughter of John Ventrouse. 
Dec. Eunice the Daughter of Eliakim Brainerd. 



1773 

Jan, Parthena the Daughter of Josiah Huntington. 

James Son of Solomon Wakely. 
Feb. Submit Daughter of Abner Porter. 

Mar. John the Son of Nehemiah Brainerd. 

Apr. Joshua the Son of Stephen Johnson. 

Anne the Daughter of Samll iiay. 
May at Middle hadam 

William son of Mr. Simons 

Jonathan Son of Lemuel Smith 

Sibbil Daughter of Ebenezer Smith 

Lucy the Daughter of Abel Shepherd. 

John the Son of Eleanor Higgins. 

Cornelius James & Henry Sons of Cornelius Higgins Jr. 
June Calvin tlie Son of Ebenezr Thomas. 

Jabez the Son of Elisha Brainerd. 
July Jemima the Daughter of Richard Johnson Jr. 

and Esther the Daughter of James Hubbard. 
Aug. Sylvenus the Sou of Lieut Tyler. 

Sept. James Daniels Son of Heber Brainerd. 

Esther Susannah Jonathan Ezra Jeffery & Simon Chil- 
dren of Jonathan Smith disceast. 

Heman Elisabeth Rebeckah & Anne the Children of 
James Merwin. 

Dolly Elias James and Mary the Children of Elihu 
Bates. 

Eebeckah Theodore & Abigail the Children of the Wid- 
dow Abigail Ray. 

Zacheriah Son of Zacheriah Brainerd. 
Oct. Lydia the Daughter of Joseph Tyler, 

Nov. Eliphalet the Son of William Smith. 

Dec. James and Rebeckah Children of James Youngs. 

270 



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1774 



Jan. 2. Hezekiah the Son of Eleazer & Sibbil May. 
Feb. Lois the Daughter of Elijah Brainerd. 

Mar. Elisha the Son of Nathll Eay. 

Arnold the Son of Cornelius Higgins Jr. 
Apr. Hannah the Daughter of James Youngs 

And Sarah the Daughter of Samll Church. 

Ama Daughter of John Wilcox 

and Abigail Daughter of Joel Hubbard. 

Jared the Son of Joseph Arnold. 

Josiah Son of Josiah Seovil. 

Esther Daughter of Mr Dudley. 

Seth the Son of Eichard Knowles. 
May Elisabeth Abigail & Ann the Children of Ambrose 

Arnold. 
June Willard Son of William Knowles. 

July Oliver Son of John Smith, 

David Son of Nathan Smith 

and Temperance Zephira and Aaron Children of Nathan 
Baley. 
Aug. Amasa the Son of Samll Seovil. 

Sept. Olive SamueU James Ira Calvin Orin Phebe & Euah 

the Children of Asa Shailor. 

Dorcas the Daughter of Ensn Gideon Brainerd 

And Arunah Daniel Israel Solomon Aaron Matthew & 
Eosanna the Children of Daniel Hubbard. 
Oct. Zerviah the Daughter of Thomas Hubbard Jr. 

Oliver Thomas Martha Keturah Hannah Mary & Phebe 
the Cliildren of Oliver Baley. 

Lucinda the Daughter of Hawes Higgins. 

Catharine the Daughter of James Smith. 

Ephraim Son of Shubael Crook. 

Sael the Son of Aaron Smith. 
Nov. Adna and Elisabeth Children of Wm Clark. 

Lucy the Daughter of John Spencer. 



1775 

Jan. At Midlehaddam Joseph the Son of Thomas Stocking 

and a Son of Thomas Smith which I think was Called 
Ambrose. 

Charles the Son of Samll Tyler. 
Mar. Hannah Daughter of Solomon Wakely. 

at Middle haddam Son of Joseph Markam. 

Apr. Martha the Daughter of James Merwin. 

Anne the Daughter of Aaron Thomas. 
May Lucy the Daughter of Stephen Johnson. 

Sarah the wife of Cap Sears an adult Person. 

271 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVEESARY 

May Esther Hezekiah & Lydia the Children of Abner Spencer. 

Samuel the Son of Samll Church 

& James the Son of James Clarke Jr. 
June Dinah the Daughter of John Wilcox. 

Samuell Eosewell & Eunice the Children of Phineas 
Doane. 

Lucy the Daughter of Cap: Eliakim Brainerd. 
Aug. Joshua the Son of Joshua Brooks. 

Damaris the Daughter of Lt Ebenezer Thomas. 

EUsabeth Daughter of Charles Smith. 
Sept. Amasa Son of Thomas Hubbard Jr. 

Aaron Elisabeth & Mary the Children of Aaron Hub- 
bard 

And Ruth the Daughter of Ambrose Arnold. 
Nov. Seaberry Child of Stephen Baley. 

Scovil the Son of Oliver Baley. 
Dec. Lydia the Daughter of Ezra Shailor. 

1776 

Jan. Clarke the Son of Daniel Hubbard. 

David Son of Capn Tyler. 
Feb. George Son of Henry Brainerd 

& Senah Daughter of Abner Spencer. 
Mar. Hezekiah Son of Doctr Hez : Brainerd. 

Sibbil Daughter of James Hubbard 

& Timothy Son of Zach Brainerd. 

Elisabeth Pelatiah & Hannah the Children of Stephen 
Clarke. 

Eunice Spencer an Adult was Baptized. 
Apr. Isaack Augur an Adult 

& Joseph the Son of Barzillai Dudley. 

Jesse Son of Abner Tibbels 

and Ruth the Daughter of Samll Scovil. 

Joseph the Son of Joseph Spencer 

& Gideon the Son of Joseph Spencers wife. 

Mary the Daughter of Joel Hubbard. 

Prudence Daughter of Isaack Augur. 
May Olive Daughter of Joseph Arnold 

and Thomas Brooks the Son of Richard Johnson. 

Prince Haws Son of Haws Higgins. 
June Jesse Heli Asa and Arsenah Children of Prosper Brain- 

erd. 

Prudence Daughter of Samll Ray. 

Israel Son of Elijah Brainerd. 

Danil & Caleb the Sons of Daniel Brainerd. 

Calvin Michael Timothy Asael and Abigail Children of 
Timothy Hubbard 

and Hannah the Daughter of Lewis Smith. 

272 



BAPTISMS 

Sept. Simon Son of William Smith. 

Eeuben Son of Increase Brainerd. 
Oct. Mary the Daughter of Lt John Ventrous. 

Nathaniel the Son of Nathaniel Ray. 

Simon Son of Asa Shailor. 
Nov. Josiah Samuell Anne & Sally the Children of James 

Pelton. 

Else and Eunice Children of Amos Bates. 
Dee. Eufus Jeremiah Simon and Else Children of Jeremiah 

Hubbard. 



1777 

Mar. Selden Asher and Jonathan Children of Jonathan Smith. 

May Prudence Daughter of Aaron Thomas. 

Timothy Son of Solomon Wakely. 
June Mehitable Dickinson an adult. 

Olive Daughter of Jonathan Smith. 

at Killingworth 

Mehitabel Daughter of Samuel Crane. 

Hannah Daughter of George Eliot. 

Daniel Son of Caleb Hvird. 

Betsey Daughter of Luke Stephens. 

Bettey Daughter of Samuell Hull. 
Aug. Amos John Mehitable and Abigail Children of Wid: 

Mehitable Dickinson. 

James Son of James Merwin 

and Anne Daughter of Joseph Tyler. 
Sept. Submit Daughter of Daniel Hubbard. 

Aaron Son of Aaron Smith. 

Susannah Daughter of Lt Ebenezer Thomas. 

Hanah wife of Hez: Shailor 

and Mary wife of Joseph Burr adults. 

Sarah Asher and Esther Children of Aaron Clarke 

and Hannah Daughter of Joshua Brooks 

& Abner Son of Abner Tibbils. 
Oct. Mary & Martha Children of Joseph Burr. 

Bezaleel Ezekiel Jemima & Catharine Children of Bazel 
Shailor 

And William Son of Joshua Simmons 

And Catharine Daughter of Lewis Smith 

And Eussel & Dimmis Children of Hez: Shailor 

And Sylvester Son of Eleazer Bates 

& Catharine Daughter of Neh: Brainerd Esqr. 
Sept. Susanah Daughter of Lt. Ebenezer Thomas. [See 

above.] 
Nov. Joshua Solomon Daniel Elisha Hannah & Lydia the 

Children of Elisha Cone. 

Mary the Daughter of Gideon Baley Jr. 

18 273 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVEESARY 

Dec. John Son of John Smith 

and Eeuben Son of Aron Hubbard. 
Mary the Daughter of Bazel Shailor 
And James the Son of James Pelton. 

1778 

Feb. Blin the Son of Major Tyler. 

Timothy Son of Oliver Baley. 
Mar. Hope Daughter of Joseph Burr. 

Enos the Son of Zaeheriah Brainerd 

and Betsey Daughter of Daniel Brainerd. 
Apr. Elisabeth Daughter of .Capn Eliakim Brainerd. 

June Uzzel the Child of James Stephens. 

July Benjamin Son of Ashbel Stillman. 

Sept. Mary the Daughter of Barzillai Dudley 

& Ana the Daughter of James Hubbard. 
Oct. Anne Daughter of Charles Smith 

Theodore Son of Joshua Simmons 

& Polly Daughter of James Clarke. 
Nov. Nehemiah Son of Capt James Smith. 

Simon Son of Joseph Arnold. 
Dec. Dolly the Daughter of Prosper Brainerd. 

Gideon Son of Hawes Higgins. 

Sena Daughter of Eleazer Bates. 

Ehoda Daughter of Samll Scovil. 

1779 

Feb. Dolley the Daughter of Hez: Shailor. 

Mar. Smith Son of Asa Shailor. 

Porter Son of Lt Eichard Johnson. 

Stephen Son of Stephen Spencer. 
Apr. William Son of Joseph Spencer. 

John William & Esther the Children of Widdow Eussels. 
June James Phineas Elisabeth Esther & Jerusha Children of 

Phineas Brainerd Jr. 
July AUice Daughter of John Spencer. 

Oct. Deborah Hopson Daughter of Heman Brainerd. 

Moses Savage Son of Daniel Hubbard. 
Dec. Daniel Son of Solomon Wakely 

and Susannah Daughter of Bazel Shailor. 

1780 

Feb. Daniel Son of James Merwin. 

Mar. George Son of Joshua Brooks 

and Joseph Son of Joseph Burr. 

274 



BAPTISMS 

Apr. Euth the Daughter of James Pelton. 

May Seth the son of Zacheriah Brainerd. 

June Jerusha the Daughter of Thomas Hubbard Jr. 

Caleb the son of Stephen Johnson. 
Aug. Thankful! the Daughter of Ens Aaron Smith. 

Oct. Danil Son of Stephen Clarke. 

Jonathan Nathan Josiah Children of Augustus Lewis 
& his wife. 
Nov. Susannah Daughter of Daniel Brainerd. 

Dee. Arehelaus the Son of Col. Tyler 

and Isaach Son of Stephen Spencer. 



1781 

Feb. Samuel White Son of James Clarke Jr. 

Mar. George the Son of Jerh Hubbard Jr. 

Apr. Joshua Son of Lt Elijah Brainerd 

and Clara Daughter of Abner Tibbalds. 
May Seaberry the Child of Prosper Brainerd. 

July Huldah the Daughter of Phineas Brainerd Jr. 

Aug. Welthy Daughter of Jonathan Smith. 

Sept. Jonna Son of Joseph Taylor, 

Oct. Ezra & Aaron Sons of Nathan Bailey of farmington. 

Nov. Amne the Daughter of Bazel Shailor. 

Dec. Austin son of Lt John Smith. 

Lucinda Daughter of Cap James Smith. 



1782 

Jan. William son of Lt Wm Smith. 

Feb. Tempe Daughter of Eleazer Bates. 

Daniel Son of Thomas Hubbard. 
May Hannah Daughter of Lewis Smith. 

Daniel son of Joseph Taylor. 

Willis son of Ashbel Stillman. 
Oct. Ezra son of Oliver Bailey. 

Dec. Moses Son of Joseph Tyler 

and Joseph son of Zacheriah Brainerd. 



1783 

Apr. Anne Pierson Daughter of Joshua Simmons. 

Amne Daughter of Augustus Lewis. 
June Zilpah Daughter of Aaron Hubbard. 

Margere Daughter of Danil Hubbard. 

George son of Stephen Spencer. 

Joshua son of Stephen Johnson. 

275 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

July I'^ink tlu; Hon of Ntjliciniah lirainerd Esqr 

& Lyilia liJH Diiiif^liter. 

J)riiHilla [);mgUt.vr of Ens Jonathan Smith. 

SuHannah tlie Daughter of lit John Smith. 
Nov. Rufus Hon of Col: Tyler. 

Hope Daughter of Hazel Shailor. 

HilveHter Bon of i'r(jH|(er Hraiuertl. 

a Child of Ahner TihbelH. 
Dee, Mary the Daugliter of Hez Brainerd Esqr. 



1784 

Jan. Samuel Hoiinliiiiin Son of Tlioinas Hubbard. 

— two twin ]>auglit(;rH of I'liineas Doane. 

— Daniel Hon of Solomon Wakely. 

— Joel Hon of Hber TibbalH. 

— Lydia Hmitli Daugliter of Lt Bailey. 

— A Cliil'l of I'liineas lirainerd Jr. 



1785 

Jan. Joshua son of JoHhua Simmons. 

Mar, Seth Son of Ambrose Arnold. 

14. at PreHton Anne Loekwood Daughter of Mr. Jonathan 
Fuller my (irand Daughter, 
Apr. Jemima Daughter of James Pelton. 

Experience Daughter of Cap: John Smith. 

Matthew Charles & fanney the Children of Charles 
Sears Jr. 
June Catharine daughter of Jeremiah Hubbard Jr. 

Ebenezer & Hezekiah Sons of William Clarke. 

Chrintian the wife of William Clarke. 

Henry son of Jonathan Smith. 

I'rude Daughter of Oliver Baily. 
Nov. Son of William (Marke Jr, 

Abigail his Daugliter. 
Dec. JIuMiih Daughter of iiazil Shailor, 



1786 

Apr. John Son of John Dickinson. 

Rebeckah Mary &, Esther Children of Mis Scovil wife 
of Sandl Scovil, 
June a fihild of Barzillai Dudley Name forgot. 

Selden son of Jonathan Huntington. 

Abner & Aaron sons of Widdow Porter. 

270 



BAPTISMS 

July John and Anner Children of James Stephens. 

Elthan Child of Eleazer Bates. 
Oct. Catharine Daughter of Joshua Simmons. 

Sarah Daughter of Eber Tibbals. 



1787 

Jan. Zeruiah Daughter of Danll Brainerd. 

Oliver son of Cap. John Smith 
and Dimmis Daughter of Thomas Hubbard Jr. 
Apr. William son of Samll Scovil 

and Mary Daughter of Phineas Brainerd. 
Deborah Olive Martha Isaack Sarah & Joshua the Chil- 
dren of Evan Thomas Jr. 
May Eebeckah the vrife of Arunah Hubbard and her Daugh- 

ter Betsey. 
Shebae Eosemond William & Henry Children of Heman 

Brainerd 's wife. 
Clarissa John Huldah Hannah Anne Children of John 
Brainerd. 
June Elisha the Son of Stephen Clarke 

and Sylvester Ehoda and Susannah Children of Oliver 

Brainerd. 
James Son of Ensn Jonathan Smith. 
July Polly Daughter of Zacheriah Brainerd. 

at Chester John Son of Jared Clarke, 
at Haddam Sally Daughter of Heman Brainerd. 
Aug. Isaach the son of Charles Sears. 

Elderkin Euey & Jonathan the Children of Jona : 

Bordman. 
a Child of Arunah Hubbard Name forgot. 
Sept. Sophia Hannah & Dolly Children of Cap David Brainerd. 

jMartha & Elizabeth Cliildren of James Pelton. 
Dolly Daughter of John Dickinson 
and Davis son of Prosper Brainerd. 
Oct. three Children of Joseph Scovil Names forgotten. 

Nov. Drusilla Abraham Sarah Eebeckah & Prudence Chil- 

dren of Abraham Spencer Disceast. 



1788 

May Jason son of Jonathn Bordman. 

Apr. John Kelley an Adult. 

June Mary Daughter of Eber Tibbalds. 

July Moses Freeman and a Daughter of Widdovr Martha 

Bailey. 
Sept. Drusilla Daughter of August Lewis. 

277 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

1789 

June Jeremiah Son of Elihu Smith disceased. 

Aug. James & Mary Children of Wid: Treadwell. 

Dolly Daughter of John Scovil. 

1791 

Jan. Sylvester son of Eleazer Bates. 

David Son of Cap David Brainerd. 

— Lebeus son of Joseph Augur. 

July Justus Hanson & Laura Children of Joseph Arnold Jr. 

— Abigail Daughter of James Knowles. 

Oct. Mary, Sibbil, Clarissa, Anne Fuller, Edward the Chil- 

dren of Edward Selden. 
Polly Daughter of Charles Sears. 

1793 

Jan. Wealthy Daughter of John Scovil. 

1794 

Oct. Daniel and Esther Children of Chipman Clarke. 

1795 

May Hezekiah son of John Brainerd. 

Rufus son of Gideon Bailey. 
June Charlotte Child of Edward Selden. 

Oct. Sarilla Daughtr of Eleazr Bates. 

1797 

— the wife of Robert Smith adult. 

— three Children of Widdow Esther Tyler. 

— Nathanel son of Nathaniel Burr. 

1798 

— Elisabeth Thomas adult. 

— 5 Children of Shailor Hubbard. 
June Linus son of Capt Burr. 

Talcot the Child of Charles Sears. 

Joseph Carrier and Rebeckah Children of Giles Hub- 
bard. 

278 



BAPTISMS 

Record Tcept 'by the Bev. David D. Field. 

1804 

June 3. Abigail Brainard & Elisha Strong, children of James 
Chase. 

17. Hannah Cone (widow), and Clarissa, Comfort & John, 
children of Hannah Cone; Susannah, Hannah, Mary, 
Arnold, Martha, Electa, and Levi, children of Susan- 
nah Eay (widow) ; and James, Joseph and Eeuben, 
children of Naomi Chambers: also, Naomi Chambers. 

24. Esther, wife of Cornelius Higgins. 
July 8. Benjamin, son of Gideon Brainard. 

17. Phebe, Stephen, Lucretia, Deusy, Esther, Jemima, and 
Cynthia, children of Stephen & Martha Tibbils. 

22. James and Elizabeth, children of Eber Tibbils; and 

Irena Spenser, daughter of James & [Lydia] 

Walkley. 

29. Eebecca, Catharine Shaylor, Wakeman, Jemima, Joseph, 

Mary, & David Hubbard, children of Joseph Brooks; 
and Benjamin Parmalee. 
Aug. 5. Dolly Clarke; and Benjamin, Fanna, Polly, Anna, Hep- 
zebah & John, children of John & Anne Smith. 
28. Olive Smith & Susannah Brooks. 
Sept. 2. Elizabeth Mary, a dau. of Levi & Mehitibal Ward; and 
Edwin Smith, a son of Simon & Drusilla Walkley. 
9. Prudy, Dolly, Phebe, Enos, and Ansyl, children of Cur- 
tis & Asenath Smith. 

23. DoUy Clarke, \vite of Sylvanus. 

30. Lucy Brainard (wife of Eliakim). 

Oct. 14. George Smith, Cephas, Ursula, Austin & Eliakim Sel- 
den, children of EUakim & Lucy Brainard. 
28. David, Asahel, Anson, Lydia, Matilda, Horris, Lucinda, 
Clarinda & Benanuel, children of Concurrence Bonfi. 



1805 

Mar. 17. (per Mr. Andrews) Chauncey, a child of Joseph Brook's. 

Apr. 7. David Dudley, my own son. 

May 19. Erastus, a son of Giles Brainard 's. 

June 2. , a child of Brainard 's. 

Aug. 25. Mary Gratrax (wife of Gratrax) and Hannah, 

Mary, John & Wm. Johnson, her children; 
Sally Moriah, a child of James & Anna Chase. 
Dee. 1. Lucy, John, 

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Jan. 


5. 


Mar. 


23. 




30. 


June 


1. 




15. 


Aug. 


31. 


Oct. 


19. 


Nov. 


2. 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

1806 

Elizabeth Hannah, clau. of William Clarke. 

Selden Spenser, son of James Walkley, [bapt.] by Mr. 
Vail. 

Nancy Cone, dau. of Chambers. 

Richard, son of Beuanuel Bonfi. 

Mehitabel Eunice, dau. of Levi Ward. 

Mary Rebecca, a child of Simon Walkley (by Mr. Ly- 
man ) . 

Elijah, a child of Ezra Brainard 's. 

John, a child of Elisha Stevens. 



1807 

Feb. 5. Cyrus Hambleton, a child of Higgins. 

Apr. 6. David, a child of David Bonfoey. 

12. Emilia Hancy-Anne, my own daughter. 

May 31. Worthy, a child of Dan Carter. 

June 7. Timothy Gladden. 

25. Nancy & Eliza, children of T. Gladden, deceased. 

Dec. 13. Hezekiah Edwards, child of Wm. Clarke. 



1808 

Jan. 3. Dudley, child of Dan Carter. 

June 26. Per Mr. Andrews, Esther Maria & Harvey Edward, 
children of Gideon Brainard. 

July 21. Susannah, wife of Henry Smith, & Sarah, Barna Bon- 
foey, & Henry, her children. 
31. Ansel, Clarissa, Samuel, & Halsey, children of Ebenezer 
Thomas. 

Oct. 30. Daniel Clarke, Arza & Charles Tyler, children of Da- 
vid Dickinson. 

Dec. 25. Achsah Manerva, infant of Job Hubbard (by Mr. 
Smith). 



1809 

Apr. 30. Lanson Porter, son of Ezra Brainard. 
May 7. Edwin Brainard, child of David Bonfi, 
June 5. Anna Spenser. 
July 2. Timothy Beals, an infant of mine. 

16. Ezra Kelsey; and Esther Irena, an infant of James 
Walkley 's. 

280 



BAPTISMS 

Aug. 6. Sally, wife of Nathaniel Hull, & Hannah, Lorinda, & 
Florilla, his & her children. 

Sept. 3. Esther Brainard; and William Augustus, infant of 
Clark Selden. 
10. Fanny Hazelton. 

Oct. 8. Chauncey Andrews; and Benjamin Hart, Erasmus Dar- 
win, & Chauncey Walter, his children. 
22. Martha Spenser and Larassy Eay; and also Mary- Ann, 
Denison Arnold, James Hazelton, & Collings Clark, 
children of James Spenser; also Ursula, Almah Eliza, 
Alvah Whittlesey, Delia Ann, & Gilbert, children of 
Eli Hubbard. 
29. Submit Arnold, wife of Seth Arnold; and James Clark 
& Mary Higgins, their children; and Simeon, William 
Pliilow, Martha, Joseph Dana, and Susannah, children 
of Joseph Spenser. 

Nov. 19. (By Mr. Vail) Samuel Kichardson, Clarissa, Heber, 
Tiras, & Davis Smith, children of Heber Brainard. 
— — . [1810?] Hancy Hubbard & Esther Spenser; Florilla and 
Edwin Almon, children of Asahel Smith; & Jonathan, 
child of Jonathan Huntington. 



1810 

Apr. 25. David Brooks, a grandchild of Eichard Knowles. 

— — . Josiah Curtis, a child of Ww. Prudah Arnold's. 
June 3. Thomas Skinner. 

— — . Joseph Brooks, an infant of Job Hubbard's. 

Aug. 5. Eichard Skinner, and Martha, wife of E. Skinner; Jen- 
net, John, Henry Edwin, Alexander & Catharine Pond, 
children of Margaret May. 

19. Sylvester, Eichard, Selden, Martha, Orrin, Dolly, Sybbel, 
Darius & Nelson, children of Eichard Skinner; Phi- 
la tta Eussel & Sally Maria, children of Willard Glad- 
den, 

23. Lewis, Zebed & Pruella, children of Eeuben Bailey. 

26. by Mr. Eich, Unice a child of Joseph Spenser, Jr. 

— — . John Edwin, Mirta Monimia, & Frederick Edway, chil- 

dren of Linus Parmalee. 
Sept. 30. Desire Spenser, wife of Elizur Spenser; & David, Desire, 

Elizur, and Alanson his children; Susan, Davis, 

Electa, Esther Smith & Julia, children of George 

Kelsey. 
Oct. 28. Abigail Thomas 2d. 
Nov. 4. Hannah Ventres, wife of John Ventres; Anna Shayler, 

wife of Ira Shayler; & Alvah, Livah, Fisk, Henry 

Lyman, Mary Ann, & Ira Wells [her children] ; 

Nancy, dau. of Ww. Candice Clarke. 

281 



Apr. 


5. 
28. 


May 


5. 
19. 


July 


5. 
14. 


Aug, 
Sept. 
Oct. 


25. 

22. 
27. 


Nov. 


17. 




24. 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Nov. 18. Lydia Brooks, wife of James Brooks. 
Dec. 2. Charlotte Griffin, dau. of Betsey Clarke. 

3. Hannah, Hezekiah, Fanny, Stephen, David Smith, 

James, Elisha King, Calvin Usher & Heman, children 

of James Brooks. 



1811 

Teb. 3. Mary Rebekah, an infant of James Brook's; Nathan 
Willcox, an infant of Clark Selden 's. 

Emery, a child of Reuben Bailey. 

Marietta, an infant of Nathaniel Hull 's. 

Elijah, an infant of Ezra Brainard's. 

Parmenas, an infant of Richard Skinner's. 

Orren Griffin, a child of Betsey Clark's. 

Martha Eugenia, a child of Heber Brainard's, (by Dr. 
Lyman). 

Matthew Dickinson, my own child. 

James, a child of James Kelsey 's. 

Mary Anne, a child of David Walkley's; Thomas Hub- 
bard, a child of Elisha Clarke's. 

Reuben, a child of Ira Shayler's. 

by Mr. Hovey, Henry Leander, infant of Thomas 
Church 's. 

1812 

Eeb. 2. Albert Picket, a child of Jehiel Hulls. 

Mar. 22. Sarah, a child of Jonathan Huntington 's. 

May 24. Elizabeth Tamssin, a child of George Burr's. 

June 14. Davis Brainard, a child of David Bonfoey. 

Aug. 9. Thomas, a child of James Brook's, Jun. 

Sept. 13. by Mr. D, Selden, Cinthia, a child of James Kelsey 's. 

Oct. 1. Aaron Bushnell, a child of Aaron Dickinson's on ac- 
count of its grandmother Bushnell. 

18. Ireua, an infant of Job Hubbard's. 



1813 

Edmund Clarke, a child of Clarke Seldens. 

Theron Hart, infant of Chauncey Andrews. 

Juliana, infant of Joseph Spenser's [Rev. Mr.] (Mills). 

Sally Parthena, a child of Elijah Brainard's, (by Mr. 

Selden). 
Charlotte, an infant of Seth Arnold's. 
Jonathan Edwards, my own child. 
Clarissa, an infant of Richard Skinner's. 

282 



Jan. 


3. 


May 


23. 


July 


25. 


Aug. 


8. 




15. 


Oct. 


3. 




31. 



Mar. 


6. 




27. 


Apr. 


17. 


June 


12. 


July 


10. 




31. 


Aug. 


14. 


Sept. 


4. 




25. 



BAPTISMS 

Nov. 7. William, an infant of Ezra Kelsey's. 

30. Eufus, a child of Eufus Tyler's, on account of its 
grandfather Higgins. 



1814 

Calvin Edward, an infant of Nathl. HuU's. 

Epaphras, infant of Aaron Dickinson's (Huntington). 

David Brainerd, an infant of James Kelsey's. 

Florilla, an infant of David Bonfoey's. 

Mary Ann, an infant of Asahel Smith's. 

David Clark, an infant of James Brook's. 

Charles Parmalee, an infant of Thomas Church's, (by 
Dr. Lyman). 

William Hart, an infant of David Walkley's, (by Dr. 
Lyman). 

Cynthia Spencer, an infant of George Burr's. 

Harriet & Hannah Mariah, children of William Scran- 
ton. 
Nov. 6. Hezekiah Brainerd, Harriot Higgins, Jonathan Wells, 
Erwin White, Lucy Ann, children of Ww. Sybbyl 
Smith. 
13. Lydia Maria, an infant of Jeremiah Gates'. 



1815 

May 14. Stephen, infant of Elisha Clark's. 
Sept. 17. Stephen Johnson, my own son. 
Oct. 15. Henry, infant of Ezra Kelsey's. 

Jan. 6. [1816?] Aaron, infant of the widow of Aaron Dickin- 
son. 

1816 

Mar. 17. Williams, infant of Job Hubbard's. 

Apr. 21. Elizabeth, infant of Dea. Huntington, (by Mr. King). 

May 19. Harriet Moriah, an infant of Seth Arnold's, (by Mr. 

Parsons). 
June 16. Permela, an infant of Ezra Brainerd 's. 
30. Eussel, infant of Jeremiah Gates. 

Eussel Stevens, infant of Thomas Church, Junr. 
July 9. Elizabeth Ann, Albert Merwin, James, Harriet, George, 
Martha Smith, Chauncey, Nancy & Hezekiah, children 
of James Clark. 
Aug. 18. Amelia, an infant of Willard Gladding 's. 
Sept. 1. George Watson, infant of George Burr. 
29. Andrew Galor, infant of Joseph Spencer's. 

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HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Oct. 6. Jason, an infant of James Kelsey's. 
Nov. 24. Stephen Johnson, my own son. 

1817 

May 25. Sally Mariah, infant of Nathl. Hull's; Chauneey, in- 
fant of Ezra Kelsey's. 

June 1. Mary Anna Smith. 

8. Ann, infant of Elisha Qark's, (by Mr. Seltlen). 

July 6. Louisa Delia, Orpah Irena, Bulah, Clarissa, Lucy Ann, 
Claudias Lysias, Caroline, Jonathan k Jarecl, chil- 
dren of Eliab Smith's; James Clark, infant of James 
Walkley's; Amelia, infant of David Bonfoey's. 
27. Lydia Ann, infant of Wm. Scranton's. 

Sept. 7. EUza Brainerd. 

Oct. 19. Davis, infant of Asahel Smith's. 

Nov. 2. William Knowles. 



Eecord Icept by the Rev. John Marsh. 

1819 

Jan. 17. David Clarke Hubbard & Temperance his wife; 
Panny, "Wife of Daniel Brainard; 
Stephen Brooks; 

Dorothv, Wife of Phinehas Brainard; 
Sally, Wife of Heman Childs; 
Daniel Thomas; Joseph Shaler; Alfred Skinner; 
Orpha, Wife of George Brainard; 
Alice, Wife of Simon Arnold; 
James Brooks; Martha, Wife of Heber Brainard; 
Arnold Hazelton Hayden; Watson Luther Boardman; 

Samuel Berry ; 
Benjamin Kelsy; George Gilbert Childs; Daniel Mor- 
gan; 
Oliver P. Smith; Marquis De La Payette Thomas; 

Martha Brooks; 
Wealthy Atiti Brooks; Eoxana Hayden; DoUy Clarke; 

Clarissa Button; 
Harriet Clarke; Jedidah Hazelton; Elisabeth Dickinson; 
Marv' Dickinson; Philinda Brainard, — ^Adults received 

into the Church. 
Maria & Da-vid, children of Arehelaus Tyler; 
Harriet & Charlotte Cordelia, children of Widow Sally 

Ray; 
Sally Maria, dau. of Charles Smith, bapt. on the 

mother's account; 

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BAPTISMS 

Jan. 17. Martha Maria, Mary Smith, Jenette May, Simon, Susan 
Clarke, children of Simon Arnold, bapt. on the 
mother's account; 
Chauneey Hazelton & George Roberts, cliildren of 
George R. Baily. 
24. Fanny, Daniel, Emma, Hezekiah Smith & Xancy Smith, 
children of Daniel Brainard; 
Armenia Maritta, John Ogden, children of David C. 

Hubbard ; 
George Alanson, Heman, Alexander, Mary Ann & Han- 
nah, children of Heman Childs, bap. on the mothers 
account ; 
William Wheeler & Sally Maria, children of Saml. Smith. 
31. Sally Maria, Oliver, David Hubbard, Solomon, children 
of Solomon Walkley Jr. 
Feb. 21. William Ogden, Nancy Minerva, Gilbert, George Baily, 
Daniel Comstock, Lydia & Samuel, Children of Daniel 
Thomas. 
Mar. 7. Nathan Tyler; Wells Knowles; Eliott Brainard; Dolly 
Smith & Esther Tyler — Adults received into the 
church. 
Apr. 4. Job Hubbard Jr. & Winslow Higgins. — Adults ree. into 
the church. 
26. Catharine, dau. of Henry Smith. 
May 2. Selden Tyler & Willard Gladwin — Adults rec. into the 
church ; 
Edward Higgins, son of Widow Esther Tyler. 
9. Hepzibah, daughter of Joseph Spencer, bap. on 

Mother 's ace 't. 
16. Orpha Matilda, dau. of Selden Gladwin ; 

Jerusha, d. of James Kelsy, bap. on Mother 's ace 't. 
23. Lucinda, Stephen Elijah, Susannah, George Brainard, 
Leander, Children of Orin Smith; Almyrine, Martha 
Annah, Mary, Laura Brainard, Fanny & Harriet, 
Children of Asa Young; 
Fanny, Whitney, Daniel & Betsy, Children of Heze- 
kiah Sco\al bap. on Mothers account: — baptised by 
Rev. Mr. Vail of Hadlyme. 
June 6. Heman Childs; — Adult rec. into the ch. ; Ursula, John 
Brainard, La%'inia, Emily, Elisabeth, children of Wid. 
Huldah Smith; Sally Ann, Alpheus Wells & Tamzin 
Hart, children of Wells Knowles. 
Aug. 1. Edward Rutty; Hannah, W of James Brooks 2d; Anna 
W. of Wm. Ely; Abigail Brainard: — Adults Rec. 
into the Ch. 
Ruth Elisabeth, d. of Daniel Thomas; Sarah, d. of Ezra 

Kelsy ; 
Temperance Lauretta, d. of David C. Hubbard ; 
John Smith & Hepzibah Ann, children of Amzi Lee; 

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HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Awg. 1. Jarod ITuntiiif;toii, Joseph Niloa, Electa Maroa, ehil- 
ilreii of .lose|ili Sluiler; 
Enos RraiiiHiil, Jemiiiui, Halsey, Mary Aim, IToinan 
Atwooil, children of Israel Thomas, bapt. ou Mothers 
account. 
8. Aiulicw Wheeler, Enialine, Hezikiah Chuk, Mary Je- 
riLslia, .lamias William, Children of Jauies Brooka 2d; 
iVeheniiah, son of Calvin lirainard. 
29. Alfred Denton, son of Alfred Skinuor; Carlos liola, 
son of Moses Tylor. 
Sept. 5. Georyci Washin^ti>n, IJachel & Samuel Evelyn, Ch. of 
Danit'l Pickinson Jr.; Mar}j;aret, dan. of Daniel Brain- 
anl ; Seth Slialer, son of Seth Arnold; Selden Henry 
& lOlisabeth h'andel, ch. of Selden Tyler. 
Oct. 10. Mary Ann, d. of Aaron Brainard. Bap by Mr Ilotch- 

kiss. 
Nov. 7. Asa, Philester, Phinelias, Diodate, Rebekah Brooka & 
Sarah Ann, Chihlreu of IMiineas Brainard, Bap ou 
mothers Acct. ; 
Rebekah Spencer d. of Orin Smith. 



1820 

Feb. 5. John, Son of Ileman Childs, bap. in private. 
Apr. 30. Angelino Maria d. of Amzi Lee; Cieorti;e Smith, son 
of George S Brainard, & Abigail driswold d. of Davis 
Smith, baj) on their mothers account. 
May 6. Zillah Kelsy, adult received into the Church. 
June 18. Ilezekiah son of Ilez. Scovil. 

25. Leander Austin, Son of George R Baily. 
July 2. James, Rnssel, Erasmus, Sophia, Orlando, Henry Star- 
key, Malantha, William Jones & Julian, Children of 
Janu's Gladwin; 
Anah Maria, d. of David Grannis. 
23. Ezra, son of Ezra Brainard, bap by Rev Mr Hotchkiss. 
Aug. 6. Gilbert Selden, sou of Selden Gladwin. 
27. Job Edwards, son of James Brooks 2d. 
Sept. 10. Dolly (!larko, d. of David Walkly & Samuel Davis Son 

of Phinehas Brainard, baj) by Mr Field. 
Oct. 1. Jerusha, Maxamilla, Nathan, William Smith, Elisabeth, 
Tamzin & Chauucey Stephens, Children of Nathan 
Tyler. 
11. Esther Maria & Susan Brainard, children of George 
Burr, and Jared, son of Elisha Clark, Bap in pri- 
vate. 
Nov. 16. John Ely, bap. & admitted into the Church in private, 
having the consumption; 

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BAPTISMS 

Nov. 16. Whitmore, Hannah, Charlotte Brooks, Harriet & Wil- 
liam, Cliildren of John Ely, bap in private. 

Dee. 3. Harris, Esther, Wilson, Titus, John & David Warner, 
Children of the Widow of Harris Baily. 



1831 

Feb. 3. Wealthy, Wife of Mathew Hubbard; Simon Hazelton; 
Laura Knowles; Susan Dickinson; Martha Stephens 
& Eliza Burr, — Adults received into the Church. 
Jared, Joseph, Owen Brainard, Children of Jared Ar- 
nold baptised on the Mothers acct. ; Mary Johnson 
& Henry Edwin, Chil. of Linus Parmele, Jr., bap. on 
Mothers account. 
Mar. 3. Thomas Clarke Smith & Harriet Smith,— Adults ; 

Worthington Chauncey, Maria Lyman & Mary Elisabeth, 
Chil. of John Butler Bap. on Mothers acct. 
Apr. 1. Cynthia Child, — adult rec. into the Church. 

15. Emily, Talcot, Dolly, Lucy Ann, Nelson & Martha 

Maria, children of the Widow Lucy Wheeler. 
22. Mary Eebekah, Timothy Brooks, Julian, Elisabeth & 
Katharine, Children of Matthew Hubbard bap. on 
Mothers account by Mr. Smith of Durham. 
May 12. Joseph Selden, son of Selden Huntington ; & 

Lucy Southmaid, d. of Widow Elizth. Clarke, bap. by 
Mr. Beardslee. 
20. Andrew, son of Doctor A. F. Warner, bap. on Mothers 
acct. 
June 3. Sidney Smith Hazelton & Mary, Wife of Asa Higgins, 
—Adults; & 
Timothy Oskar, son of James Gladwin. 
July 8. Horace Arnold and Sylva his Wife; Susannah Dickin- 
son; 
Almira Skinner, — Adults; & Brittania Amelia d. of 
Simon Hazelton. 
22. Joseph & Benjamin, Twin Children of Ezra Kelsy; & 
Sylvanus Smith, Abigail Higgins, Oliver & Ezra 
Brainard, — Children of Oliver West, — Baptized by 
Mr. Eobbins of Kensington. 
Aug. 26. Susan, Ezra & Marinda Ann,— Children of Asa Hig- 
gins; & Amelia, & Jerusha Abigail, — Children 

of Horace Arnold. 
Sept. 2. Ezekiel Clarke,— Adult. 

9. Abigail Elisabeth & Esther Maranda, Children of Saml. 
Tyler, bap. by S. P. Williams. 
30. Charles Smith, s. of Aaron Brainard, bap by Mr. 
Tenny. 

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HADDAM CHUKCH ANNIVERSARY 

1822 

Feb. 11. Julia Brooks, d of Asa Young, bap by Mr, Hotchkiss. 
Apr. 21. Rebekah Maria & Mary Florilla,— Children of Thomas 

C. Smith. 
May 5. Huldah Smith,— Adult. 

12. David, son of Jonathan Huntington & Elisabeth, dau. 

of Daniel Brainard, bap by Mr. Wittemore. 

19. Abigail Buckley, dau. of Davis Smith; Ursula, dau. 

of George Brainard; Mariet, ag. 12, d. of Susan Dick- 
inson; Chauncey Martin, son of David Grannis; 
Edmund Porter, s. of Samuel Smith; Anna Maria, d. 
of Simon Hazelton & Elisabeth Mary, d. of Moses 
Tyler. 
26. Edwin son of Heman Child. 

June 30. Tamzin Elisabeth, d. of Selden Gladwin & son of 

Widow Jemima Baily. 

July 7. Solomon Everitt, s. of George R. Baily. 

21. Matthew, s. of Matthew Hubbard, bap in private. 

Aug. 11. Daniel Ransom, s. of Joseph Shailer. 

Sept. 1. Ezra, Samuel, Esther, Persa & Titus, — Children of Ja- 
cob Brainard, bap on his Wifes account. 

20. Elisabeth d. of Edward Rutty & Martha Jane, d. of 

James Brooks 3d, Bap by Mr. Crane. 
Nov. 10. Lydia Maria d. of Henry Smith. 



1823 

Christopher son of Selden Tyler. 

Susan White d. of Thomas Skinner. 

Lucinthia Cone, d. of Dr. Andrew Warner, m. ace. 

Elisha Bardwell, son of James Gladwin; & d of 

Oliver West. 
Sylva, d. of Horace Arnold; Sabra Denison d. of Saml. 

Tyler, m. ace. 
Nancy Clark d. of Hurlburt Swan, m. ace.; & 

Amelia d. of Bonfie, m. ace. 

Charlotte, d. of Jonathan Spencer, m. ace. 

Amos Gilbert Hubbard grandchild of Jemima Baily 

offered by her. 
Sept. 7. Jerusha, wife of Cornelius Brainard; & Nancy Maria, 

d. of Seth Arnold. 
20. Jonathan Smith, son of Samuel Kelsy, on mother's 

account; & 
Jennette May, dau. of Linus Parmele, m. ace. 
Nov. 9. Drusilla Ann, d. of Comfort Cone; Lois d. of Ezra 

Brainard. 

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BAPTISMS 



1824 



28. Sarah Waterman, d. of Hezekiah Brainard, bap. in pri- 
vate. 
, 14. Jared, s. of Ezra Kelsy, bap by Mr. Talcott, on m ac. 

18. Martha Griswold & Mary Johnson, Twin children of 
Davis Smith on m. ace. 
2. James Kelly Child ; Darius Dickinson ; David Dickinson ; 
Timothy Tyler & Harriet his vdfe; Dudley Clarke; 
Susannah, Wife of Stephen Dickinson; Mary, wife of 
John Dickinson; Beulah Child; Larissa Shailer; 
Nancy Shailer; Fanny Tyler; Dorothy Tyler; Delia 
Brainard; Susan Brainard & Sally Maria Dickinson, 
— Adults received into the Church. 

23. Darius Leander, Warren Williams, Alfred Shailer & 
Aaron Ogden, — Children of Darius Dickinson; Sarah, 
daughter of Ansel Smith. 

30. Sarah d. of Asa Youngs. 
i 6. Luther Freeman ; George Clarke & Emily his wife ; 
Samuel Tyler; George Edgar Baily; Chauncey Allen 
Dickinson; Wd. LycUa Sherman; Orpah Ann Carter; 
Hannah Dickinson & Mary Ann Clarke, — Adults re- 
ceived into the Church. 

13. Charles, Jennet & Timothy, Three children of Timothy 
Tyler ; & Cynthia d. of bap. by Mr. King. 

27. Samuel, son of Deac Jonathan Huntington; Edwdn, s. 

of Heman Child ; Newell Judson s of George E. Baily ; 

Maria d of Elisha Clarke; William Ely s. of 

William Mather; Julia Emely, Orpha Lois, Barsheba 
& David Ogden, 4 children of David Dickinson. 

28. Joseph Spencer s of Saml. Smith bap in private. 
27. Cynthia d. of Hezekiah Scovil. 

'• 4. Lucy, wife of Aaron Brainard & Mehitable w. of Elijah 
Williams, — Adults. 

11. son of Linus Farm el e, m. ae. 

18. , — of Sylvester Brainard. 

25. Southworth, — of Daniel Dickinson; & John An- 
drew, Nancy, Sophia & Samuel 4 children of John 
Dickinson. 
f. 1. Alvan Brainard & Elisabeth his wife. 

15. Luther Augustus, Esther Cordelia & Temperance Ke- 
bekah Three children of Luther Fteeman. 

29. Hezekiah Smith, Israel Shailer & John, — Three children 

of George Clark; & Caroline, Hancey Maria & Betsy 

Ann — Three children of . 

t. 5. Julian d. of Daniel Thomas. 

r. 7. Margaret Julian d of James Gladwin; & Chatfield s 

of Elizur Spencer, m. ac. 

12. Elisabeth Amanda d. of Skinner. 

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HADDAM CHUECH ANNIVERSARY 

1825 

Feb. 20. Sarah Ann d. of Simon Hazelton. 
Apr. 24. Orpah Clark d of George Brainard, m. ae. 
May 15. Clarissa Cone d. of Ansel Smith. 
22. Ann Lord d of Arnold H. Hayden. 

29, Sylvester, s. of Darius Dickinson; Wells s. of Timothy 
Tyler; Henry Bulkley s. of Revitio Chapman, m. ac. ; 
, children of Alva Shailer; Silas, son of Gid- 
eon Gladwin; , [child of j Alvan Brainard. 

Aug. 28. Persia Maria d. of Jacob Brainard, m. ac. 
Sept. 3. of Howell Bowers. 

18. John Brainard s. of Jonathan Arnold, m. ac; Ursula, 

d. of Samuel Tyler. 
Oct. 2. William Henry, son of Dr. Andrew F. Warner, deceased ; 

Lucinda, daughter of Horace Arnold; Ellen, d. of 

Selden Tyler; Sarah Elisabeth d. of Russel Gladwin, 

mothers account. 
Nov. 6. Esther Brainard d. of Edward Rutty; Samuel Church 

s. of Samuel Smith; DeWitt CUnton, s, of George 

Burr, ra. ac. 

1826 

Feb. 5. John Tallmadge, son of John Marsh, born Dec. 17, 1825. 

19. Joseph , son of Asa Young, bap in private by Mr. 

Case; & 

Catharine, & , Twin children of Ezra Kelsy. 

June 11. James Hurlburt & Albert Oscar, children of Hurlburt 

Swan m. ac. ; 
Harriet Frances, d. of Abraham Hubbard, m. ac; & 
Sarah Jane, d. of Davis Smith, m. ac. 

16. Joseph s. of Hezekiah Scovil. 

Aug. 6. Henry Smith s of Benjamin Kelsy; & Pamela d. of 

Skinner, m. ac. 

10. James Curtiss s of Simon Hazelton bap in private. 
Sept. 3. Urban Eldrige son of George R Baily. 

17. Catharine d. of Deacon Jonathan Huntington. 
Oct. 8. Amelia Melissa, d of Benanuel Bonfie m. ac. 

15. Jared Smith, son of Seth Arnold deceased; & Sally 
Elisabeth, d. of Gideon Gladwin. 



1827 

Apr. 15. Ansel Davis, s of Ansel Goflf, m. ac. 

22. Andrew Hosmer son of Selden Gladwin, 
June 24. Arnold Hazelton s. of Arnold H Hayden; Joseph Al- 

bers s of Deacon Asa Young; & Mary Brainard d. of 

William Mather, 

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BAPTISMS 

July — [Henry] Austin s of Smith Ventress, m. ac. 

15. Lucinthia d of Dr. Ira Hutchinson m ac. 

22. Lomsa d of Jonathan Arnold m ac. 

29. Maroah d of David Dickinson. 
Aug. 6. Samuel son of Howel Bowers. 

20. Octavia CeiUa d of David C. Hubbard; & Emily d of 
Abraham Hubbard, mothers account. 

27. Ann d of Edward Eutty. 
Nov. 25. Lura d of Timothy Tyler; & Ursula d of Alvan Brain- 
ard. 



1828 

Feb. 4. Frances Ann daughter of John Marsh. 

17. Henry Davis, son of Davis Smith. 
Mar. — Laura Wife of Alva Shailer. 

May 4. George Kelsy; Davis Smith; Edmund Hubbard; Bela 
Burr; Nathan Tyler Dickinson; Nathaniel Matthew; 
Chauncey Bonfiie ; James Eay & Hancy his wife ; Je- 
mima Cone aged 60; Esther, w of Simeon Hubbard; 
Esther Maria Hubbard; Anthea Hubbard; Mary, w. 
of Sylvester Skinner; Dimmis Eay; Hope Eandall 
Lord; Caroline Mehitable Usher; Mary Elisabeth 
Dickinson; Huldah Spencer; Laura Dwight; Har- 
riet Hubbard; Electa Burr; Hannah Burr; Eoana 
Porter Smith; Merinda Ann Smith; Nancy Tibbels; 
Elisabeth Ann Clarke; Hannah Brooks & Margery 
Maria Dickinson, — 28 [29] Adults received into the 
church. 
11. Philo Ives, son of Ansel Warner, mothers ac. & Elisa- 
beth Jemima, d. of Smith Hazelton. 
25. Charles Alia Tyler Dickinson, Achsah Ann, Elisabeth 
Amelia, Jared, Sidney Griswold & Oswin Smith, Six 
Children of Arza Dickinson; 
James Smith & Hannah, Children of James Eay. 
June 1. De Antheum Hubbard Brainard; Simeon Hamilton 
Hubbard; Sylva wife of George E. Baily, — Adults 3; 

Sylva , daughter of G. E. Baily. 

8. Miriam Wells, d. of Euel Knowles. 
15. John Austin s. of George Brainard. 
22. Susan Clarke d. of Benanuel Bonfoey, m. ac. 
July 6. Joshua Brainard & Lucinda Ann Clark, — Adults; & 
Children of Widow Fanny Child. 

19. John, Mary, Samuel Maverick & George Edward, Chil- 

dren of George Kelsy. 

20. Maria, Martha, Harriet, Sylvester & Nelson, Children 

of Sylvester Skinner bap. on Mother's account. 
27. Alva, Mary Lavinia, Addison, Ira Shailer & Liva, Chil- 
dren of Ansel Brainard Jr. 

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HADDAM CIIURCn ANNIVERSARY 

Aug. 3. William White & Laura his wife, Adults; & Hciuan & 
(Jeorge, children of Widow Hannah Jirooks. 
17. Ezra, Shalor, AHahel Wheeler & Jared, children of Sim- 
eon Hubbard, m. ac. 
& Simon Adisou, s. of Simon Hazelton. 
28. Leander Davis & Florella Ann, children of Edwin 
Smith, 
Sept. 7. Benjamin Willard, Linus Burr, JamoB Benison, Lusina 
JoiinHon, & Jonathan Edwards, Children of Benjamin 
Smith. 
21. Olivia d of Alva Shailer. 

27. Fanny Lovina, Borace Watson, Cynthia Sophrona, Cla- 
rissa Matilda, Maria Shailer, Jerusha Thomas, Rich- 
ard & Martha ATin, ("hildren of Asahel Bonfie; 
David Boardman Phelps adopted son, & Mary Frances 
daughter of Watson Jioardman. 
Oct. 12. Samuel Hobart, son of llurlburt Swan. 

26. Lydia Manilla d of Samuel Tyler. 
Nov. 3. Sydney b. of Jacob Brainard. 



1829 

Apr. 7. Leveret, s. of Dr. Ira Hutchinson; & 

Emmons m ac. 

June 24. Huldah Ann d. of Davis Kclsy, m. ac. 

July 12. of Ruel Knowles. 

Aug. 16. Eliza d, of Howell Bowers. 

23. James s of Smith Hazelton; Jerusha Ann, Cyn- 
thia Maria, Ada Eliza, Benjamin Franklin & Dwight 
Clinton, Children of Asa Mitchell. 
Sept. 13. Louisa Elisabeth d of Samuel Smith. 
20. Josephine d of Hez. Scovil. 

27. George Burr, s. of Benjamin Smith; Joseph, s. of Ansel 
Smith; & Esther Tyler d. of Arza Dickinson. 
Oct. 7. Mary Brimmer, d. of Rev. John Marsh, bap by Mr. 

Hotchkiss. 
Nov. 15. Randolph s. of Arnold H. Hayden; Davis Tyler s. of 

Horace Arnold; of Edward Rutty & Henry 

— of Davis Smith. 



1830 

May 2. , [George O, son] of Ansel Warner m ac. 

9. Harrison son of Ansel Brainard. 

23. S. Matilda — of Chauncey Skinner. 

30. Maria Jane d of Watson Boardman. 

July 5. Leander, s of Eber Brainard 2d m. ac. 

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BAPTISMS 

Aug. 1. Theodore Frelingheuseii, s. of Hurlburt Swan; & Asahel 
Carlos s. of Asahel Bonfie. 
22. Orret Lodisha d of Edwin Smith. 



1831 

Apr. 25. Stephen Nelson g. of Eussel Gladwin. 
May 23. Prancis Louisa d of Asahel Bonfie m ac & Eveline d of 
Dr. Ira Hutchinson & Mary Emma d of George S. 
Brainard. 
June 12. Laura Louisa d of Eev. John Marsh; & Clarissa Cone d 
of Clarissa Loveland deceased. 
26. Julian, Hezekiah, John Spencer & Miriam Maria, Chil- 
dren of Alfred Brainard Mothers account. 
July 3. Wealthy wife of George W. Smith, Frances, Prudence 
Cornelia & George Child, Their children; 
Betsy Wife of Chauncey Child, Charles Chauncey & 

Cortez Clark, Their children; & 
Ezra s. of Ezra Kelsy. 
Sept. 2. George Eliphalet & Eobert, Children of Eliphalet Smith 
bap. in private, m. ac. 
3. Cyprian Strong Brainard, adult, & Cyprian Strong his 
son; 
Willard Cook and Abigail his wife, Ansel Brainard & 

Abby Florilla, their children; 
Delia Elisabeth d. of Alanson Brainard; Edwin Smith 
& Nancy Shailer, Adults. 
10. John s. of Jonathan Arnold, m. ac. 
21. Sarah Philanda d of Asa Brainard bap. in private. 
25. Hepzibah Lavinia d of Gideon Brainard. 
Oct. 2. Emily Sophia d of Darius Dickinson; Ezra Watrous s. 
of David Tyler; & Elisabeth Hannah & Harriet New- 
ell, ch of Daniel Dickinson. 

23. s. of Chapman Emmons m. ac. 

30. Orlow Wells s. of Comfort Cone; & Hannah FloriUa d 
of Alva Shailer. 
Nov. 6. Alexander Whittlesy Hall; David Knowles & Charlotte 
Wife of Chauncey Skinner; 
Andrew Curtis, s. of A. W. Hall; & Helen Fordham d 
of Watson Boardman. 
20. Ursula Lucinda d of Smith Hazelton; & 
of Eliphalet Smith. 



1832 

Feb. 28. Jared Shailer, s. of Simon Hazelton bap in private. 
June 3. s. of Irwin Smith. 

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HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

June 17. Cyrus Willison s. of De Antheum Brainard; & Nathan 

Porter s. of Bela Burr. 
July 1. Ansel Gardner s. of Ansel Warner; Orville Wlieeler s. 
of Hezekiah Brooks; & Elisabeth d of Horace Arnold. 

22. of Ruel Knowles. 

29. d. of Deacon Youngs. 

d of Ansel Brainard. 

d of Jacob Brainard. 

Aug. 26. Olive Alvira d. of Edwin Smith. 

Thomas Edward s. of Saml. Smith. 
Catharine Rebekah, d of Benjamin Kelsy. 

Sophia d of Alvan Brainard. 

Sept. 23. Ellen Harmonia d of Benj. Smith. 
Oct. 11. Eugene Burtis s. of Cyprian Brainard. 



1833 

Mar. 10. son of Howell Bowers in private. 

24. John Ira s. of Dr Ira Hutchinson. 

31. Theodore s. of Russel Gladwin; & Julian & Gamaliel 
Pratt, ch. of Daniel Thomas. 
Oct. 31. Cornelia Jane d of Mr. Reed m. ac. ; Rovira Judson d 
[s] of Selden Gladwin; & 
Mary Jane, d of Bonfie. 



'Record Tcept ty the JRev. Tertius S. Clarice. 

1834 

— — B. Bonfoi. 

Aug. 25. J. C. Arnold. 

31. Mary Elizabeth d. of Hoel Bowers. 

Sept. 21. Benja. Wilson, son of Benj. Kelsey. 

Oct. 11. Susan Palmer, daughter of Mr. Smth, Burr District. 

Nov. 20. Sarah Ann, d of Dr. Hutchinson. 

23. Hezekiah Clark, son of D. C. Dickinson. 

1835 

Apr. 20. Almanza Murella, d of D. C. Hubbard. 
May 3. Mary Marshall, d of Rev T. S. Clarke; Susan, d of Mrs. 
Gorge Flagg; & Eliphalet Smith (adult). 

24. Aristarchus, son of Deacn. J. Huntington; Emily Si- 

lence, d of S. Huntington; & Adrian Morrison, son 
of C. S. Brainard. 

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BAPTISMS 

May 31. Francis Ginett, son [dau.] of Darius Dickinson; & Wil- 
liam Wilson, son of Willard Knowles. 
June 7. John, son of George S. Brainard. 
July 11, Franklin, son of Eussell Gladwin. 

18. Abba Maria, d of Mr. Eeed. 
Aug. 23. Sidney Smith son of S. Hazleton. 

Sept. 6. children of Wd. Mary Ann Cone. 

13. Ansel Brainard. 

Samuel Smith. 

27. John Whittlesey & Anna Maria, children of De Anthem 
Brainard. 
Oct. 18. Catharine Whittlesey, d of A. W. Hall. 

Harriet, d of Alva Shailer. 
Nov. — Cornelia Ann d of Ansel Brainard Jr. 



1836 

May — Jane OrmeUa, d of Joseph Burr 3d. 
July — Laura Louisa, d of H. Scovil. 

Lynde EUiot, son of John May. 

Sept Edgar Ezekiel Son of Ezekiel S. Clark, (by Mr. Mead), 

Oct. 23. OUver Smith Son of Alfred Brainerd 2d; & 

Mary Emily d of Hezekiah Child (Mr. Crosby). 
Nov. 6. Ezra Leander Son of Heber Brainerd Jr (Mr. Crosby). 

1837 

Jan. 1. Augustus Cone son of Ira Hutchinson, (Mr. Crosby). 

Mar. 19. Catharine, D. of Eev. Tertius S. Clarke, by Mr. Field. 

21. Stephen, s. of Enos Smith & Harriet his wife, Do. 

Apr. 2. James TuUy, s. of George Kelsey, Do. 



Becord Tcept by the Bev. David D. Field, 

Nathaniel Cook. 

Clarinda Almanza, infant of Sylvester Brainerd. 

John Watson, infant of Watson L. Boardman. 

Joseph Brooks, infant of Gilbert Crook. 

Sarah Ellen, infant of Erwin White Smith, by Eev. 

Stephen A. Loper. 
Frances Jedidah, infant of Smith Hazelton. 
Cynthia Sophia, Catharine Cordelia, Caroline Cornelia 

& John Edwin, children of Nathaniel Cooke. 
Oct. 1. Caroline Ann, child of Benanuel Bonfoey. 

8. Elizabeth Ann, infant of James C. Arnold; & Emiline, 

infant of Eoswell Eeed, by Eev. Mr. Shepard. 

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June 11. 




18. 


July 


30. 


Aug. 


6. 




27. 


Sept, 


24. 



Apr. 


15. 




30. 


May 


6. 




17. 




20. 


June 10. 




17. 


Aug. 


26. 



TTADDAM CHTECH AXNTTEESART 

Oct. 15. Elizabeth, ehild of Jotu May, & Ellen Jedidah, child 
of DaTid B. Tentres. 
29. Xie-vi Hamilton, child of Bela Burr, by Eer. A HoveT. 



1838 

Benjamin Bpeneer, ehild of Dr. Catlin. 

IjTicena Ann, child of George Brainerd. 

Mary, -wife of Kathaniel Cook. 

John Austin, ehild of Ansel Warner. 

Theodore Eranklin. child of Eussel Glad-win. 

Annah Colton, child of Ansel Brainerd; 

Thomas Hubbard, child of Chauneey Deming Skinner; 

i Whitney Tyler, eMld of Wido-w Elizabeth Bco-dL 
Charles WeUs, child of Hiram Brooks. 
Prances Amelia, infant of Oliver P. Smith (by Mr. 
Parsons). 

Bept. 30. Susan Parmer, child of Enos Smith; George Bacon, 
child of Gould Campbell; & Mary PMlindia, child of 
Milton Brooks. 
Oct. 1-4. Sylvester Erzy, child of De Anthon Brainerd. 
Dec. 23. Alexander Curtis, infant of Alexander C. Hall. 
25. Chauneey, ehild of Chaxmeey Dickinson. 



1839 

!Feb. 26. Aurelia Isdore, ehild of Arza Dickinson. 

Mar. 24. John Elbert & Philo Pranklin, children of Arza Dick- 
inson. 

June 30. Nancy Clarke, adopted child of Hurlbert B-wan; Henry 
Ed-win, child of John May; & Susan Louisa, child 
of Ebenezer Cooke. 

July 28. Clarissa May, infant of Davis Kelsey ; Kehemiah Brain- 
erd, infant of Da-vid B. A'entres; k Beujamin, infant 
of Daniel Smith. 

Aug. 18. rxanees Marsh, infant of Dr. Ira Hutchinson. 

Sept. 15. Caroline Mahitable, infant of Eos-wel Eeed. 

Oct. 6. Ursula Brainerd, infant of Arnold H. Hayden; & Simon 
Albert, infant of Sidney S. Hazelton, by Eev. JNIr. 
Loper. 
13. A-nn Eliza, Lamira, & Alnora, children of Chauneey 
Dickinson. 

1840 

May 31. Ellen Calieta, infant of Bel den Glad-win. 

June 14. Edwin Mar\\in. infant of De Anthon Brainerd. 

Aug. 30. Francis Winslow, infant of Bela Burr. 

296 



May 


16. 




23. 


June 20. 


July 


4, 


Sept. 


5. 




12. 


Oct. 


31. 


Nov. 


1. 



BAPTISMS 

1841 

Watson Eugene, infant of Benanuel & Eliza Bonfoey. 

Gusta%nis, child of Eussel Glach^in. 

Ellen Sophia, infant of Willard Cooke. 

Michael Hubbard; & Joseph Whiting. 

Martha Ely; Albert Scranton; Emily Arm Spencer; & 

Nancy Tyler. 
David Brainerd, Sarah Amelia & Jennet Tyler, children 

of David B. Ventres. 
Henry Strong, infant of Hiram Brooks. 
Mary Jane, daughter of Cyrus W. Field of New- York 

upon the faith of his wife, Mary B. Field. 

1842 

July 1. Maria Hill, infant of Sydney S. Hazelton. 

24. Charles Newell, infant of De Anthon Brainerd. 
Aug. 14. Franklin Shaler, infant of Milton Brooks. 
Sept. 25. Mary Catharine, infant of Caroline Usher, wife of Eos- 
well Eeed; & 
George Hervey & Egbert Frisbie, children of Freelove 
Beers, wife of Josiah Beers, by Eev. Mr. Loper. 
30. Oliver & Prudence Cornelia, children of Oliver P. Smith. 
Oct. 10. Statira Emma, child of John May. 



1843 

Jan. 17. Gideon & Lavinia Elizabeth, children of Gideon Brain- 
erd. 

Apr. 29. Wyllys, Hubart & Nancy Maria, children of Aaron L. 
& Nancy Ayres. 

July 9. Oliver Brainerd, infant of Enos Smith. 
16. Eichard Edwards, infant of John May. 

Sept. 3. Amelia Sophronia Barry; & Antoinette Maria Hub- 
bard. 

Nov. 19. Gilbert Harrison, child of Ww. Emma Hubbard. 

Dec. 19. Daniel Benjamin, child of Mrs. Daniel Smith. 



1844 

Feb. 9. Esther Maranda, infant of Warren W. Dickinson, 

25. James CorneUus, Louisa Martha, & Frederic Augustus, 

children of Joseph O. Eieh, on the faith of his wife 

Harriet Clark Eich. 
Mar. 8. Frederic Winchel, infant of Atwood Thomas, on the 

faith of his wife. 

297 



nADDAM OnUKOTT ANNIVERSARY 

Hecord lept hy Dea. George S. Brainenl, Clerk. 
Dee. 6. Eosabella, a child of Doantheuiu liraiiierd. 

1849 

Aug. — Josoph Warrpn Bracket, Child of Joseph W. Bracket & 
Ann Lord Bracket, by Rev. E. W. Cooke. 

1850 

July — Harriet W. Cooke, Child of Rev. E W Cooko & Martha 

Cooke. 
Aug. 31. Iluldah Ursula Smith, Child of O. P. Smith & Phebe 

H C Smith. 

1851 

Juno 1. Marvin Norton Brainerd; & William Belden Brain- 
erd Children of Deanthean & Mary Ann [Sally Maria] 
Brainerd. 

1853 

July 17. George Albert Dickinson, Cynthia Ophelia Dickinson, 
Carrile Annahbille Dickinson, & Erastus Colton Dick- 
inson, Children of Erastus & M. Dickinson; Alniira 
Louisa Rogers Chihl of Klihu & Cornelia Rogers; & 
Alice Ventres Child of David B & Jedidah Ventres. 

Sept. 4. Harriet Dickinson & ('liauncey Dickinson, Children of 
Chauncey & Eliza Dickinson. 



1863 

July 5. Edward IMarveric Kelsey, [child of] S M & Clarissa 
Kelsey; Daniel Brainerd & George Austin Brainerd, 
Children of Hubert & Cynthia Virginia Brainerd; 
Elizabeth Duella Dickinson & Edward Shailer Dickin- 
son, Children of Erastus S. & Esther Dickinson ; & 
George Brainerd, Child of John A & Ellen V. Brainerd. 

1866 

May 6. Everet Ogden Tyler, Walter G. Tyler, & Carlton El- 
drige Tyler, Children of Nathl. & Frances Dickinson 
Tyler; & Eva Augusta Brainerd, Child of Sylvester 
Brainerd. 

298 



BAPTISMS 



1868 



Oct. 4. Charles Child Ventres, Son of Tyrus Ventres & Frances 
Smith [Ventres] ; Ellen [Clara] Jedidah Brainerd, 
[Child of] J. A Brainerd & Ellen Brainerd; 
James Hayden Wright, [Son of] James N. Wright & 

Ursula Hayden Wright; & 
Maria Smith, [Child of] Osmer & Hannah Smith. 
Sept. 19. [1869 probably] Henry Owen Brainerd, & Martha Vir- 
ginia Brainerd, Children of Henry Hubert & [Cyn- 
thia] Virginia Brainerd. 



299 



MAERIAGES 

Record Tcept l>y the Bev. Eleazer May. 

(The words, "I married . . . together," which ahnost in- 
variably appear in the original entries, have been omitted in 
copying, except in the first instance.) , 



1756 

July 27. Then I Married David Smith and Martha Brooks to- 
gether. 

Sept. 4. Stephen Johnson of Middletown and Sarah Ellis of 
Haddam. 
21. Solomon Bates and Wdo Hannah Spicer. 

Nov. 8. Jeremiah Eay of Haddam and Mehitable Hough or 
Huff. 



1757 

May 26. Eleazer Lewis and Abigail Tyler. 
26. Elisha Cone and Martha Bates. 



1758 

Jan. William Barns of New Fairfield and Deborah Gris- 

would of Haddam. 
Daniel Bates and Lucy Spicer. 



1760 

July Joseph Dickenson and Lydia Brooks. 

June William Marcum and Abigail Willey. 



1761 

Oct. Frances Clark and Else Smith. 

301 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVEESAEY 

1762 

Feb. 25, Jeremiah Hubbard and Mary "Wells. 
Nov. 11. Ezra Shailor and .Terusha Brainerd. 

16. Joshua Brooks and Elisabeth Brainerd. 

1763 

June Joshua Strong of Middletown and Hope Smith of Had- 

dam. 
30. Peter Bich of Middletown and Penelope Bonfoye of 
Haddam. 

Nov. 15. Nehemiah Brainerd and Sarah Brainerd both of Had- 
dam. 

1764 

Jan, 3, Jonathan Bordman and the Widdow Sarah Smith, 

5. James Stephens and Lydia Hazelton. 

June Isaack Williams and Mary Arnold. 

Sept. 13. Jabez Brainerd Jr and Deborah Brainerd, 

Nov. 7. Samuel Lee of Guilford and Agnis Dickinson of Had- 
dam. 

Dec. 27. Ezra Tyler and Prudence Eichardson. 

1765 

Jan. 3. Samuel Shailor and Elisabeth Butler. 

Feb. 21. i)'d\id Smith and Hannah Brainerd. 

May 2. Oliver Welles and Ann Brainerd. 

June Otis Southworth of Saybrook and Nancy Eay of Had- 

dam. 

Sept. 3. David Halloburt of Middletown and D Arnold of Had- 
dam, 

Sept. Gershom Thairs of Middletown and Susannah Hazel- 

ton of Haddam. 

Nov. 2, Charles Sears and Sarah Clarke, 

Dec. 8. Joshua Brooks and Hannah Smith. 



1766 

Feb. 6. Ephrajm Baley and Mary Kelley. 

Oct. Samuel Hurlburt of Middletown and Jerusha Higgins 

of Haddam. 

Nov. Bryant Brown of Killingly and Mary Dunbar of Had- 

dam, 

Dec, Jacob Catling of Harwington and Dorothy Griswold of 

Haddam, 

302 



MAERIAGES 

1767 

May 30. Stephen Venters and Mary Church. 

Sept. 17. Jonathan Huntington of East Haddam and Silence 

Selden of Haddam. 
Oct. 1. Jonathan Brooks and Hope Baley. 

13. William Smith and Esther Brainerd. 
Dec. Bezaleel Shailor and Susannah Baley. 



1768 

Feb. 14. David Clarke and Abigail Hazelton, 

May 11. Abner Ives of WaUingford and Anne Ferguson of 
Haddam. 

Sept. 1. Solomon Wakeley and Eebeckah Hazelton. 

Oct. 6. John Brooks and Esther Brainerd. 

Dec. 1. Samuell Lord of Lyme and Elisabeth Bates of Had- 
dam. 



1769 

Jan. 1. James Merwin and Martha Smith of Haddam. 

10. Samuell Spencer and Anne Brooks. 

Mar. 18. Abner Spencer and Deborah Clarke. ■ 

Apr. 5. Capt Lemuel Hull of Killingsworth and Widdow Sarah 
Porter of Haddam. 

13. Evan Thomas and Ann Smith. 

May 24. James Knowles and Martha Smith. 

June 5. Stephen Clarke and Martha Cone. 

7. Aaron Hubbard and Damaris Wakely. 

Nov. Theodore Eay and Abigail Higgins. 



1770 

Jan. Samuell Scovil and Euth Chapman. 

Apr. Samuel Church of East Haddam and Sarah Higgins of 

Haddam. 
July John Smith and Widdow Susannah White. 

Dec. 20. Jepthah Brainerd and Anne Fisk. 



1771 

Mar. 14. Abraham Spencer and Drusilla Brainerd. 
May 30. James Arnold and Free Love Wellman. 

303 



June 


3. 




26. 


July 


11. 


Sept. 


4. 


Oct. 


10. 


Nov. 


6. 




12. 




14. 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

William Kelley and Catharine Stillman. 

Suinll Spencer and Al)iffail Porter both of Haddam. 

Reuben Brooks and Abigail Cone. 

OziaH Ridwell of Hartford and Wido Esther Brooks 

of Hadtlain. 
Shailor Ilubl^ird and Anno Wakely. 
Tliomas lliilibard Jr. and Sarah Boardman. 
JoHcph Seldcn Jr. and Susannah Smith. 
Capt. Abraham Brooks and the Widdow Elanor Smith. 



1772 

May John Seldcn of Middle Haddam and Jerusha Clarke of 

Haddam. 

Oct. John Mahans of Hartford and Huldah Braincrd of 

Haddam. 

Nov. 9. Solomon Tyler of Branford and Dorcas Fisk of Had- 
dam. 



1773 

Feb. 10. Nathaniel Brainerd of Haddam and Ann Johnson of 
Middletovi^n. 
11. Joseph Post of Saybrook and Bethiah Higgins of Had- 
dam. 
21. Necho Servant of Lt. Arnold and Tamar my Servant. 
Mar. Sylvanus Hull of Durham and Phebe Smith of Had- 

dam. 
May William Heskell and Martha Porter. 

James Clark and Marj' White. 
Justus Augur and Rhoda Allen. 
June Daniel Braincrd and Susannah Clarke. 

Aug. Asa Wakely and Elisabeth Thomas both of Haddam. 

Sept. G. Gideon Baley Jr and Lydia Spencer. 

Aug. Richardson of East Haddam and Sarah Towner 

of Haddam. 
Oct. Jonathan Clarke and Ruth Clarke. 

James Thomas and Jerusha Clarke. 
Roger Thomas and Sarah Comstock. 
Nov. Amos Baley of Haddam and Ruth Gibbs of Chatham. 

Dec. 9. Isaack Jolinson of Middletown and Anne Towner of 
Haddam. 
14. Henry Rockwell of Middletown and Desire Cone of 

Haddam. 
30. Jonathan Chapman and Mary Smith. 
y 31. William Gladden and Ama Hotchkiss. 

304 



MAREIAGES 

1774 

Jan. 4. Beriah Cone and Ann Thomas. 

Feb. Joshua Gates Jr of East Haddam and Eunice Fuller of 

Haddam. 
Apr. Joseph Burr and Mary Knowles. 

Joshua Smith and Abigail Knowles. 
May William Brainerd and Lydia Smith. 

Aug. Whitmore Crook and Phebe Clarke. 

Abijah Fuller and Hannah Spencer. 
Oct. Lewis Smith and Anne Hubbard. "^ 

Luther Boardman and Esther Smith. 
Obadiah Dickinson and Susannah Knowles. 
Nov. 17. Stephen Tryon of Middletown and Prudence Baley of 
Haddam. 
17. Stephen Smith and Esther Church. 

1775 

May 25. David Hubbard and Hannah Clarke. 

July Abner Tibbels and Elisabeth Knowles. 

Nov. 16. Joshua Symons and Helen Stillman. 

Dec. 9. Benjamin Pelton of Guilford and Hannah Snow of 
Haddam. 

21. Eiehard Bonfoye and the Widdow Eebeckah Treadwell. 

21. Thomas Daniels of East Haddam and Lydia Kelsy. 



1776 

Feb. David Arnold and Jerusha Thomas. 
Samuel Clark and Susannah Thomas. 

May 23. Jesse Brainerd and Mary Thomas. 

July Sylvenus Smith and Eunice Baley. 

Sept. Porter Brooks and Elisabeth Clarke. 

Oct. Henry Thomas and Jemima Baley. 

Dec. 5. John Brainerd and Hanah Hubbard. 



1777 

Jan. 2. John Scovil and Elisabeth Spencer. 

Mar. Elias Cone and Euth Crook. 

May 6. Zacheriah Brainerd and Dorothy Thomas. 

May David Clarke and Patience Kelley. 

June 4. Josiah Brainerd and Abigail Lewis. ' 

Aug. Arnold Hazelton and Mindwell Brainerd. 

Sept. 23. Cornelius Higgins Jr and Esther Kelsey. 

Oct. 16. Stephen Spencer and Eunice Augur. 

Oct. John Smith Jr and Anne Clark of Haddam. 

20 305 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

1778 

Jan. 8. Samuel Seo\'il and the Widdow Mary Venters. 

Jan. Nathan Chase of Yarmoth and Mary Treadwell of Had- 

dam. 
Feb. Joseph Crook and Esther Clarke. 

July Cesar Black and Peg Negro. 

27. Doer Eleazer Woodruff and Widdow Abigail Spencer. 
Nov. 18. Daniel Chapman of East Haddam and Esther Shailor 

of Haddam. 
Dec. Danil Clark and Widow Martha Ray. 

Cephas Selden and Martha Brainerd. 
30. EUas Spencer and Abigail Sexton. 

1779 

May 6. Sylvenus Clarke and Dorothy Smith. 

19. Thomas Bailey and Ama Kelley. 

June 1. Joseph Taylor and Elisabeth Hotchkis. 

Aug. Stephen Tibbels and Martha Burr. 

Oct. Reuben Buel of KiUingworth and the Widdow Anne 

Porter. 

Dec. John Parmely of Eallingworth and Dorothy Scovil. 

1780 

Mar. 2. Charles Williams of East Haddam and Susanah Shailor 

of Haddam. 
Apr. James Treadwell and Mary Spencer. 

May 4. Abraham Brooks and Abigail Clarke. 
July Frederick Smith and Sarah Brainerd. 

Sept. Ebenezer Sage of Middletown and Diana Bailey. 

Oct. Eliphalet Clarke and Lydia Thomas. 

Nov. James Surtliff and Mehitable Clarke. 

William Clarke and Anne Johnson. 
Dec. David Thomas and Penelope Bonfoye. 

1781 

Jan. Johnson and Susannah Spencer. 

Mar. William Clarke and Christian Baley. 

May 1. Eliphalet Lester of Saybrook and Mary Smith of Had- 
dam. 

Sept. Joseph Stillman of Weathersfield and Huldah Mahans 

of Haddam. 

Nov. Thomas Shailor Jr and Widdow Ann Brainerd. 

Dec. Seth Hand [or Hurd] of KiUingworth and ThankfuU 

Ray of Haddam. 

306 



MARRIAGES 

1782 

Jan. John Hubbard of Middletown and Phebe Brainerd of 

Haddam. 
Mar. John Church and Wid. Dorothy Brainerd. 

William Brainerd and Susannah Tyler. 
Nov. John Dickinson and Dorothy Scovil. 

July Hezekiah Whitmore and Elisabeth Brooks. 

June William Bailey Jr and Euth Thomas. 



1783 

July John Bailey and Mary Smith. 

Aurunah Hubbard and Rebekah Bates. 
May David Brooks of Middletown and Lucretia Sears of 

Haddam. 
Oct. Josiah Carey of Middle Haddam and Lydia Clarke. 

Nov. Nathaniel Hazelton and Sarah Smith, 

Dec. Reuben Cone and Marger Childs. 

Abraham Spencer and Sarah Hubbard. 
30. Jonathan Russel and Molly Ray. 



1784 

Jan. Calvin Hubbard and Sarah Knowles. 

Mr. Edward Selden and my Daughter Sibbil May. 
Feb. John Willcox and Lois Augur. 

July Simon Hazelton and Jedidah Smith. 

Aug. David Johnson of Middletown and Martha Pelton. 

And Calvin Brooks and Temperance Hubbard. 

And Walker Knowles and Elisabeth Wells. 
Sept. Abraham Tyler Jr and Hannah Stephens. 

(Eecord of next 12 entries imperfect, — leaf torn.) 

Mr. David Selden and [Cynthia] May. 
[Samuel Br]ainerd and Anner Burr. 

y and Martha Clarke. 
[Joh]n Ventrous and Hannah Ray. 

m Johnson Jr and Phebe Burr. 
[Ste]phen Bailey Jr and Lydiae Freeman. 

m Barns of Middletown and of 

Haddam. 
[Noadjiah Cone and Elisabeth Clarke. 
Sylvester Childs and Mary Cone. 
[Jona]than Fuller and my Daughter Anne. 
Calvin Shailor and Sarah Clarke. 

307 



HADDAM CHUECH ANNIVERSARY 

1785 

June James Smith and Elisabeth [Shailor], 

Nov. Abijah Bailey and Widdow Cone. 

1786 

Jan. Joseph Arnold and Widdow Prudence Tyler. 

Richard Knowles and Hazibah [Bathsheba] Wells. 

Nathll Tyler Jr and Widdow Towner. 
Apr. James Childs Jr and Prudence Brainerd. 

William Nichols and Sarah Shailer. 
June Richard Skinner and Martha Bailey. 

Oct. Frederick Brainerd and Anne Brainerd. 

Dec. Adnah Clarke and ThankfuU Bailey. 

{Record from 1787 to 1804, defective and irregular ; in this 
transcript the entries are chronologically arranged.) 

1787 

Jan. Seymor Kelsey and Sarah Augur. 

Feb. Joseph Dickinson and Tammy Shailor. 

Apr. Levi Ray and Susanah Arnold. 

Amos Cook and Jane Bailey. 

Aaron C and Sarah Chapman of Haddam. 

May James Pe and of Haddam. 

Aug. Josiah Prior of and Sussanah Smith of Had- 

dam. 
Nov. -James Smith and Arnold 

Dec. Humphrey Treadwell and Hannah Thomas. 

and Timothy Hubbard Jr and Mis [Eunice] Thomas. 

1788 

Jan. Thomas Bailey and Smith 

. Lane of Killingworth and Elisabeth Porter of 

Haddam. 

Robert Smith and Susannah Kelley. 
Apr. Benjamin Johnson and Else Smith. 

May David Spencer and Damaris Brainerd. 

Sept. Cornelius Higgins Esqr and Widdow Mary Smith. 

Dec. James Tyler and Esther Dickinson. 

1789 

Jan. Curtis Smith and Arsenah Brainerd. 

Amasa Pettibone and Mary Augur. 

308 



MARRIAGES 

— — James Bates and Mary Ventrus. 

— — James Spencer and Mis Clarke the Daughter of Stephen 

Clarke. 
Aug. Benjamin Stocking and Dimmis Shailor. 

Oct. Aaron Thomas Jr and Martha Smith. 

Nov. Jonathan Hubbard and Sally Thomas. 

8. My Son John May and Dolly Arnold. 
Dec. James Brooks and Caroline Smith, 



1790 

Jan. Joseph Augui and Samuel Tylers Daughter 

and Joseph Tyler Jr and AlUce Smith, 

Feb. Nathan Tyler Jr to one of Ezra Shailors Daughters, 

Cap: Edmond Porter and Widdow Mary Smith. 

— — James Brainerd and Edetha Hubbard. 

— — Ira Shailor and Anne Shailor. 

— — Joshua Knowles and Concurrence Porter. 

— — Gideon Brainerd Jr and Hepsibah Hubbard. 

Oct. Mr, Jesse Townsend of Andover and My Daughter 

Anne. 

1791 

Dan Dickinson and Pruda Augur. 



1792 

Shailer and Mis Ventres. 

1793 
Jan. Mr. Sears and Mis Knowles. 

1794 

Dec. 7. William Wells and Prudence May. 

1795 

Mar. Rich and Brooks. 

Apr. Eleazer Augur and Abigil Church. 

June 7. Huntington May and Clara Brainerd. 
Sept. Mr. Williams of Middletown and Clara Shailer. 

Russel Shailer and Anne Wells. 

309 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVEESARY 

1796 

Nov. Heber Brainerd and Martha Tyler. 

1797 

[Simon] Shailor Son of Asa Shailor and Mis [Dolly] 

Shailor Daughter of Hez. Shailor. 
Robert Smith and Sarah Kelly. 
Asher Smith and Betsey Bidwell. 
Ephraim Sawyer and Jabith Church. 
Stephen Dickinson and Susanah Tyler. 

1798 

Feb. Robert Smith and Sally Kelly. 

Mar. Jonathan Tyler aod Rachel Porter. 

June David Smith and Jerusha Hubbard. 

Oct. Joseph [Warren] Clark and Ruae Shailor [year doubt- 



ful]. 



1799 



Jan. 13. Col. John "Wells of Row and my Daughter Elizabeth 

May. 
Mar. Simon Smith and Huldah Brainerd. 



'Record Tcept ty the Mev. David D. Field. 

1804 

Sept. 5. Harry Serjeant of Boston to the Wid. Esther Sawyer. 

20. Joseph Graves of Middletown to Anne Tyler. 

26. James Serjeant of West Springfield, Mass. to Sabry 
Thomas. 

Oct. 11. Ephraim Shaylor to Anna Smith. 

Nov. 6. Simon Arnold to Allice Smith. 

14. Heman Child to Sally Thomas. 

Dec. 21. John Hubbard Junr. of Middletown to Ruth Baily. 

1805 

Aug. 21. John Buel of Killingworth to Susan Ray. 

Do. Benjamin Smith to Mary Crane Heydon. 

Sept. 4. Elisha Stevens to Fanny Smith. 

Do. Nathan Douglass of Saybrook to Charlotte Tyler. 

310 



Jan. 


1. 


Mar. 


6. 


June 


1. 




21. 




25. 


Aug. 


14. 


Oct. 


6. 




23. 


Dee. 


25. 



MARRIAGES 

Nov. 17. Seth Arnold to Submit Baily. 
Dec. 18 [?]. Asahel Hubbard to Susannah Thomas. 
31. Solomon Walklej Jun. to Susannah Brainard. 

1806 

Eli Hall of New Haven to Martha Clarke, 
Ellas Bates to Lucinda Wells. 
David Bonfoey to Dolly Brainard. 
Asahel Wheeler to Lucy Church. 
Darius Dickinson to Anna Hubbard. 
David Dickinson to Bathsheba Dickinson. 
Parley Dickinson to Clarissa Clarke. 
Samuel Boardman to Salley Parmalee. 
Eobert McClester of Enfield to Nancy Cone. 

1807 

Jan. 1. Nehemiah Brainard Junr. to Eebecca Brooks. 

7. Anson Bristol (of N. Elillingworth) to Mary Burr, 

Feb. 5. Thomas Church to Sarah Cone. 

12. Roswel Doan and Heber Kirtling Ray. 

Mar. 14. David Arnold to Sally Smith. 

25. Jonathan Burr to Eunice Hubbard. 

Aug. 20. Robert Hurd Jun. of E. Haddam to Mary Brainard. 

Oct. 15. Aaron Waterhous of Saybrook to Esther Dickinson. 

19. David Smith Clarke to Huldah Brainard. 

22. Hezekiah Knowles to Anna Smith. 

25. Lyman Buel of Killingworth to Hannah Ray. 

Nov. 22. Samuel Kelsey to Fanny Bailey. 

25. Macksfield Higgins to Wealthy Brooks. 

26. Job Hubbard Junr. to Hannah Brooks. 

26. Simeon Morgan, Junr of Middletown to Anna Bailey. 
Dec. 17. Benjamin Smith to Lydia Burr. 

31. Asahel Bonfoey to Jerusha Thomas. 



1808 

David Shaylor to Anna Brainard. 

Samuel Church to Mary C. Smith. 

James Kelsey to Jerusha Brainard. 

Ezra Smith to Eunice Pettibone. 

Lemuel White of Hebron to Emily Brainard. 

Sylvester Hubbard to Clarissa Smith. 

Josiah Arnold to Prudah Smith. 

Ira Shayler, Jun. to Jerusha Arnold. 

Danll. Merwin to Anna Gladding. 

311 



Jan. 


19. 




19. 


Feb. 


3. 


Apr. 
June 


3. 

4. 


July 
Sept. 
Oct. 


28. 
21. 

2. 




4. 



/■■ 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Nov. 3. David Tyler to Dolley Clarke. 

5. Samuel Bridgam of JVIiddletown to Charlotte Clarke. 
24. Jonathan Huntington, Junr. to Elizabeth L. Comstoek 
of Norwalk. 
Dec. 15. Stephen Burr to Cynthia Hubbard. 

1809 

David Douglas of Saybrook to Anne Smith. 

Wells Knowles and Esther Gladding. 

Abner Porter and Dolley Scovil. 

James Treadwell to Polly Clarke. 

Orren Smith to Ehoda Brainard. 

Hervey Clarke of Middletown to Betsey Clarke. 

John S. Sage of Middletown to Almira Sherman. 

Caleb Tryon of Middletown to Dolly Smith. 

Henry Nichols of Hartford to Prudence Brainard. 

Zeal Sherman to Charity Tyler. 

1810 

Ralph Smith (of Chatham) to Betsey Knowles. 

Daniel Scovil to Sally Burr. 

Sylvester Skinner to Polly Smith. ~ 

James Brooks 2d to Polly Thomas. 

Elisha Clark to Julia Ann Hubbard. 

Robert Henry of Middletown to Clarissa Bailey. 

Wells Rockwell to Anna Griswold of Middletown. 

Jeremiah Brainard to Esther Sawyer, 

Warren Ely to Phebe Clarke. 

WUliam Brainard to Betsey Tyler of New- York. 

Eoswell Brainard to Laura Sherman. 

Richard Loveland of Durham to Sally Dunham. 

Samuel Curtis of Durham to Lucretia Brooks. 

Selden Dickinson to Betsey Child. 

Nehemiah Dickinson to Julia Saben of Colchester. 

Denice Clarke to Prudence Spencer. 

Roswell Brockway of Saybrook to Catharine Tyler. 

George Burr to Esther Spenser. 

Samuel Simons of Hebron to Hancy Hubbard. 

Thomas Shayler, Junr. to Abigail Tyler. 

1811 

Jan. 16. Gideon Andrews to Huldah Shayler. 

28. Rufus Tyler to Esther Higgins. 
Feb. 7. Stephen Tibbils, Junr. to Hannah Wright of Killing- 
worth. 

312 



Jan. 


5. 


"Feb. 


23. 


Mar. 


15. 




19. 




21. 




28. 


May 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 


21. 
3. 

7. 
22. 


Mar. 


8. 




15. 


Do. 


Do. 


Apr, 

May 


17. 
24. 

30. 


June 17. 




28. 


July 


8. 
29. 


Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct, 


4. 

,24. 

3. 




25. 




28, 


Nov. 


11. 




17. 




29. 


Do, 


Do. 


Dec, 


13. 



MARRIAGES 

Apr. 18. Samuel W. Pratt of Saybrook to Elizabeth Brainard. 

May 18. Asahel Aruold to Euth Perry of Chatham. 

25. David Hubbard, Junr. to Julia Dickinson. 

June 13. Hezekiah Scovil to Hannah Burr. 

Aug. 12. Calvin Thomas to Temperance Scovil. 

Sept. 8. Enos Bailey to Adah Burrit. 

Nov. 6. James Spenser to Soviah Bailey. 

Dec. 5. James Dickinson to Charlotte Cone. 

14. Jonathan Spenser to Sarah Smith. 



1812 

James Tisdale of Hartford to Frances Brainard. 

Sylvanus Smith to Esther Knowles. 

Anson Bates to Sabria Ely. 

EosweU Brainard to Anna Smith. 

George W. Smith to Weltha Child. 

John Butler of Durham to Hannah Brainard. 

Daniel C. Dickinson to Christiana Clarke. 

Reuben Cone to Margaret May. 

Arza Dickinson to Phebe Crook. 

Ezra Kelsey to Sally Hubbard. 

WilUam Bradley of Massachusetts to Rachel Clarke. 

Silas Markham of Middletown to Betsey Brooks. 

Henry Trowbridge of Chatham to Mary Bailey. 

Simon Knowles to Susannah Brainard. 

Riley Smith to Hannah Brooks. 

Silas Clark to Hannah Higgins. 

Oliver West of Chatham to Abigail Smith. 

Samuel Cotton of Middletown to Mary Child. 

Joseph Clark 3d to Clarissa Dickinson. 

Lieut. — Pitch of N. Guilford to Mehitabel Willeox of 

Killingworth. 
Jacob Brainard to Nabby Bushnell. 
Joseph O. Ackley of East Haddam to Sally Brainard. 
Oliver Smith of Middletown to Sophronia Skinner. 
Richard Waterhous to Alvira Tyler. 
Samuel Smith to Ann Smith of Bristol. 
James Smith to Dorothy Sears of Middletown. 
Hezekiah Sutlift' to Fanny Hubbard. 



1813 

Jan. 27. Amos Ward of — Massachusetts to Sarah Smith. 
Mar. 19. William Treat of Middletown to Lydia Brainard, 

22. EHas Selden Jun. of Middle Haddam to Clarissa Sears 
of Middletown. 

313 



Jan. 


1. 




5. 




16. 




23. 


Feb. 


2. 




10. 




19. 




23. 




27. 


Mar. 


12. 


Do. 


Do. 


Mar. 


21. 




26. 


Do. 


Do. 


Apr. 


9. 
23. 


May 


13. 
14. 


June 13. 




15. 


Aug. 

Sept. 
Nov. 


20. 

,20. 

26. 




30. 


Dec. 


17. 




29. 




31. 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Apr. 8. Sylvanus Bailey to Sally Bailey. 

May 30. Kussel Clarke of Chatham to Sally T. Chilcls. 

June 17. Sylvester Scovil to Phebe Burr. 

Sept. 11. Richard Skinner Junr. to Lydia Kelsey. 

Oct. 8. Jeremiah Gates of E. Haddam to Rebecca Boardman. 

Nov. 7. David C. Quinley of Petopaug to Lucretia Hubbard of 
Middletown. 



1814 

Feb. 1. James Parmalee Jun. of Durham to Cynthia Clark. 

22. Solomon Walkley Jun. to Prudence Hubbard. 
Mar. 7. Asa Fowler of Guilford to Policy Willeox of Killing- 
worth. 
May 18. Henry Willeox of Killingworth to Hannah Turner. 

26. Henry Clarke of Chester to Mary Tyler. 
June 23. Stephen Johnson to Lucina Burr. 
Oct. 10. Challenge Morgan to Mahetable Prior, both of JMid- 

dletown. 
Nov. 15. Stephen Hull of Durham to Fanny Brooks. 
Dec. 12. Smith Hubbard to Anna Bivens of Middletown. 

29. Jeremiah Bailey to Maria Bulkley of Durham. 



1815 

Calvin Thomas to Ww. Sybbil Smith. 

Heman Brainerd to Maria Hubbard. 

Henry Williams of Saybrook to Tamzin Smith. 

George R. Bailey to Silva Lewis. 

Amzi Lee of East-Haddam to Hepzibah Smith. 

Felix Spencer to Desire Spencer. 

Philander Willard to Eunice Parker both of Chester. 

William Dickinson to Mary Dickinson. 

Whitmore Crook to Jemima Brainerd. 

John Smith to Mrs. Cynthia Brainerd. 

Job Brainerd to Mary Clark. 

Levi Southworth of Saybrook to Anna Ackley. 

Bartholomew Bailey to Sally Brainerd of Middletown. 

Ambrose Arnold to Ww. Mary Bailey. 

Asa Higgins to Mary Scovil. 

William Ely to Anna Clark. 

James Hickox of Durham to Hope Smith. 

Denison Morgan of Hartford to Ursula Brainerd. 

Thomas Smith to Anna Willeox. 

Joseph Rice Shayler to Ursula Shayler. 

Lyman Willeox to Emily Hubbard. 

Samuel Spencer of Saybrook to Adah Skinner. 

314 



Jan. 


1. 




12. 


Feb. 


2. 




9. 


Mar. 


3. 




23. 


Apr. 
May 


13. 
3. 




4. 




16. 


June 


8. 


July 
Aug. 


6. 

28. 
31. 


Do. 


Do. 


Sept, 


, 3. 
30. 


Oct. 


10. 




26. 


Nov. 


27. 




30. 


Dec. 


21. 



MARRIAGES 



1816 



Jan. 


24. 


Feb. 


1. 




24. 




25. 


Mar. 


17. 


Aug. 


5. 


Sept. 


7. 


Oct. 


14. 




17. 




28. 




31. 


Nov. 


1. 



Noah Clarke to Charity Tyler, 

George Clark to Emily Smith. 

W [John]. Chatfield Eussel to Clarissa Tyler. 

Diodate Shayler to Elizabeth Eutty. 

Leonard F. Waters of Saybrook to Mary Ray. 

Uriel Andrus to Laura White, both of Coventry. 

Charles Hurlburt of Chatham to Lucinda Bonfoey. 

Wm. C. Mather to Martha Ray. 

Enos Pring to Almira Allen, the former of Durham 

(blacks). 
Wm. Edwards of N. York to Amy Arnold of M. Had- 

dam. 
James Brainerd 2d to Lydia Knowles. 
John Phillips of N. York and Clarissa Banks of Mid- 

dletown, blacks. 

1817 

Benjamin Bailey to Laurana Tryon of Middletown. 

Horace Bonfoey to Susannah Smith. 

Isaac Loomis of M. Haddam to Hannah Smith. 

Nathaniel Cooke of M. Haddam to Mary Hazelton. 

Timothy Tyler to Harriet Smith. 

David Griswold to Polly Lord both of N. KiUingth. 

Samuel Tyler to Sabra Clark. 

Alvan Bailey to Julia Smith. 

Benjamin Bradley of Guilford to Fanny Lynde of 
Chester. 

Hervey Hubbard to Ww. Sally Bailey. 

David Kelsey, Jun. of Killingworth to Elizabeth Will- 
cox. 

Stephen Bushnel of Lisbon to Amanda Dickinson. 

Obadiah Dickinson, Jun. to Martha Smith. 

Alfred Brainerd Jun. to Esther Smith. 



1818 

Jan. 1. Elon Willcox to Sarah Cunningham of Glastenbury. 

Feb. 14. Emera Bailey to Harriet Knowles. 

Mar. 1. Sylvester Brainerd to Esther Thomas. 

11. Gurdon Walkley to Martha Skinner. 

Apr. 5. William Bartlet of Guilford to Temperance Dickinson. 

[Oct. 8]. Aaron Brainard and Lucy Smith. 

Dec. John Shaler and Betsy Ventress by Esq. Shaler. 

7. George S. Brainard and Orpha Clark by Rev. David 
Selden. 

315 



Jan. 


23. 


Feb. 


5. 


Mar. 


11. 




23. 




26. 


Apr. 


24. 


May 


3. 


June 12. 


Aug. 


4. 


Nov. 


26. 




27. 


Dec. 


8. 




13. 




30. 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSAEY 
Becord Icpt &j/ the Scv. John Marsh. 

1819 

Jan. 4. Isaac E. Sherman of Haddam and Hannah Tyler. 

31. Charles Post of Haddam and Sally Bird of New Haven. 

Feb. 17. Jonathan Brainard and Lydia Brooks. 

25. George Cone and Sophia Tyler. 

May 13. David "Williams and Nancy Aby — people of colour. 

Oct. 21. Jabez Brainard and Ann Smith. 

Dec. 1. Oliver Brainard and Esther Smith. 

1820 

Feb. 17. Elihu Spencer and Hubbard. 

Aug. 26. Joseph Smith and Abigail Eay. 

Oct. 2. James Kay and Hancy Smith. 

25. Watson Luther Boardman and Elisabeth Dickinson. 

Nov. 9. Ebeuezer Wilcox and Maria Smith. 

1821 

Feb. 3. Koswell Baily and Betsy Collins. 

14. Cephas Brainard and Cynthia Spencer. 

Mar. — John Knowles and Widow Landfier. 

Apr. 12. Edward Eutty and Amy H. Brainard. 

Oct. 4. Israel Smith and Hannah Cone. 

8. Joseph Arnold and Clarinda Hubbard, 

18. Howel Bowers of Chatham and Dolly Smith of Had- 
dam. 

Dec. 5. Leonard Towner and Harriet Smith. 

1822 

Mar. 7. James K. Child and Jane Brainard. 

7. William White and Laura Dickinson. 

Aug. 22. Benjamin Kelsy and Ecbccca Smith. 

Sept. 17. Epaphroditus Parmele and Experience Dickinson. 

Oct. 3. Eufus Brewster and Eliza Ann Hill, people of color. 

31. Davis Kelsy and Philinda Brainard. 

Nov. 13. Comfort Cone and Wealthy Ann Brooks. 

Dec. 12. Ansel Smith and Sybbil Skinner. 

1823 

Jan. 29. John Berry and Hannah Hull. 

Mar. 6. Freeman Collins and Esther Kelsy. 

316 



MAREIAGES 

May 14. Chauncey Skinner and Charlotte D. Hubbard. 

Oct. 13. Arnold H. Hayden and Ursula Brainard. 

21. Theodore Watrous of Colchester and Hansey Shailer. 

Nov. 26. Gideon Gladwin and Diana Brainard. 

Dec. 24. Komantha Mack of E. Haddam and Mehitable Knowles. 



1824 

Feb. 19. Eussel Gladwin and Susan Dickinson. 

26. Nathanil Griswold of N. Killingworth and Widow 
Lois Dickinson. 
Apr. 21. Daniel Ventress and Mary Ann Dickinson, 

21. Chapin and Jemima Smith. 

July 15. Austin Skinner of Hebron and Almira Skinner. 
Sept. 30. George E. Baily and Hannah Dickinson. 
Nov. 7. Sylvester Austin of New Durham and Drusilla Brain- 
ard. 
Dec. 9. of Kensington and Eliza Gladwin. 

18. Phinehas Baily of Middletown and Pamela Skinner. 



1825 

Smith Ventress and Clarissa Brainard. 

Simon Smith of IVIiddletown and Eunice Brainard. 

Chester Hamlin and Eveline Butler. 

Edmund L. Lane of N. Killingworth and Nancy Thomas. 

William E. Mather and Catharine S. Brooks. 

Benanuel Bonfie and Eliza Burr. 

Leander Baily and Mary Lewis. 

Henry D. Baily and Eliza Johnson. 

Edwin E. Smith and Sophia Gladwin. 

Ansel GofE and Mary Ann Smith. 

Grove Strong and Harriet Eay. 

David Phelps and Mary Dickinson. 

James Clark and Lovina T. Baily. 

Daniel Barker and Julia Brooks. 



1826 

Ira Hutchinson and Lucinthia C. Warner. 

Porter Brooks and Jemima Tibbils. 

Francis Burroughs and Abby Ann Lord, 

Eeuben Bates and Martha Brooks. 

Merrit MiUer of Middletown and Eveline Brooks, 

[Nathan] Pratt and Orpha Carter. 

317 



Jan. 


6. 




23. 


Feb. 


1. 


Mar. 


8. 




12. 


Jan. 


18. 


Mar. 


27. 


Apr. 


7. 


June 


9, 




12. 


Nov. 


20. 


Dec. 


4. 




18. 




29. 



Mar. 


16. 




30. 




30. 


Aug. 


13. 


Oct. 


23. 


Nov. 


4. 



Feb. 


4. 


Oct. 


3. 


Jan. 


20. 


Mar. 


16. 


May 


25. 


Sept. 


,22. 




25. 


Oct. 


14. 




16. 


Nov. 


19. 




26. 



Feb. 


22. 


Apr. 


6. 

7. 




16. 




24. 


Sept. 


29. 
30. 




30. 




30. 


Oct. 


25. 




25. 




25. 


Jan. 


21. 


Feb. 


14. 


May 
Sept, 


27. 
, 6. 


Feb. 


13. 


Aug. 
Sept. 


21. 

,19. 

23. 


Oct. 


7. 


Nov. 


16. 



HADDAM CHUECH ANNIVERSARY 

1827 

Benjamin Merwin and Lucy Clapsattle. 
Cyprian S. Brainard and Florilla Hull. 

1828 

Christopher E. Hill and Martha M. Arnold. 

Davis Kelsy and Clarissa May. 

Gustavus V. Wilcox and Huldah Spencer. 

"William Selkirk and Mary Elisabeth Dickinson. 

Eliphalet Smith and Lucinda Burke. 

George Flagg and Dolly Smith. 

Heber Brainard Jr. and Esther Maria Hubbard. 

Asa Brainard and Almira Linn. 

Chauncey Rogers and Susannah BaUy. 



1829 

Gideon Brainard Jr. and Lavinia Smith. 
Harvey E. Brainard and Harriet Williams. 
Whitmore Ely and Prudence Tyler. 
Isaac Loveland and Clarissa Cone. 
David Hill and Delia Smith. 
Solomon Walkly and Eunice Brooks. 
Chauncey Dickinson and Eliza Davison. 
DeAntheum Brainard and Sally Maria Dickinson. 
Amasa Hubbard and Hannah Hubbard. 
Heman Clark and Harriet C. Hayden. 
Orlando Gladwin and Tamzin S. Church. 
Ebeneser Brainard and Esther Smith. 

1830 

Joseph Clark and Rhoda Swan. 
Henry Ames and Mary Smith Arnold. 
Joseph Smith and Almira Prim. 
Irwin W. Smith and Calistha A. Arnold. 



1831 

Edwin Smith and Mary Young. 
Willard Post and Mary Ann Child. 
Aaron Brainard and Fanny Hazelton. 
Heman Tyler and Harriet Clark. 
Nehemiah Tyler and Marietta Hubbard. 
Eoswell Reed and Coroline M. Usher. 

318 



MAERIAGES 

1832 

July 4. Daniel Merwin and [Julia] Spencer. 

Oct. 1. George Belden and Sophia Baily. 

1. Hiram Brooks and [Eoxanna Blatchley]. 

Nov. 28. EveUn Hubbard and Mariette Brockway. 

1833 

Jan. 16. , [Austin] Lay and Nancy Shayler. 

20. Ezekiel S. Clarke and Huldah Smith. 
Feb. 5. Selden Usher and [Sarah J.] Hubbard. 

11. Eowland Chapman and Harriet H. Smith. 



'Record Tcept ly the Eev. Tertius S. Clarice. 

1834 

Sept. 14. Alvan Brainard and Miss Clarissa Thomas by Mr. 
Crocker. 

Nov. 27. Anson L. Ayres of E. Haddam to Miss Nancy Dickin- 
son. 

Do. Eansom Perkins of Marlborough to Laura Young of 

Haddam. 

Do. Sylvester Clark of Middletown to Lydia Thomas of 

Haddam. 

Nov. 30. John Briggs of Middletown to Lucy E. Brooks. 



1835 

Mar. 28. Dr. Epaphras Arnold to Miss Ehoda Ann Warner both 
of Haddam. 

Apr. — Epaphras Hubbard to Achsa Dickinson both of Had- 
dam. 

May 6. Chauncey S. Bonfoey to Henrietta Hubbard both of 
Haddam. 

Aug. 30. Simon Arnold of Haddam to Lydia Arnold [BrainerdJ 
of Haddam. 

1836 

Jan. 1. Orson Baily to Eachel Dickinson both of Haddam. 
Mar. 31. Stephen Dickinson to Mrs. Jemima Crook both of Had- 
dam. 
May 22. Alfred Brainard 2d to Abigail Thomas both of Haddam. 

319 



May 


14. 


Sept. 


5. 




20. 




26. 


Nov. 


30. 


Dec, 


10. 




27. 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Eecord Jcept hy the Eev. David D. Field. 

1837 

Jan. 18. Whitney Scovil to Elizabeth Tyler. 

29. Milton Brooks of Pennsylvania to Sarah Ann Brain- 
erd. 
Feb. 26. Deforest Canfield of Humphreysville to Hannah M. 

Child. 
Mar. 2. Sherman Fowler of Meriden to Prudence Spencer Doug- 
lass. 
Apr. 19. Benjamin Sage of Middletown (U. H.) to Elizabeth 
A. Brooks. 
George W. Guy of Middletown to Elizabeth T. Burr. 
John F. Parker of East-Haddam to Emily M. Cliitten- 

den. 
Asher Burr to Maria Skinner. 
William Arnold to Almira Cole. 
Aaron Brainerd 2d to Elizabeth H. Bailey. 
Waterman Rich of Middle-Haddam to Lucretia Child. 
Daniel Smith to Ww. Lucinthia Smith. 



1838 

Phinehas Edwards of Lyme to Elizabeth Kelsey. 
John H. Knowles to Tamzon M. Clark. 
Joseph O. Rich of Chatham to Harriet Clark. 
Gideon Brainerd to Elizabeth Smith. 
Ebenezer Wilcox to Alma Eliza Hubbard. 
Noah Cone to Sarah Crawford. 
Gilbert Hubbard to Emma Brainerd. 
William Lucas of Durham to Ruth Thomas. 
William Scovil to Phebe Spencer. 
Diodate Smith to Pamalia Brainerd. 
Horace Chase of Winchester to Samantha Dickinson. 
Silas Smith of Harpersfield, N. Y. to Martha E. Brain- 
erd. 
Daniel S. Dickinson to Sauphronah S. Brainerd. 
Solomon Walkley Jun. to Phebe Ann Church. 
Isaac Arnold to Mary-Ann Thomas. 
Luther Sanborn of Meredith, N. H. to Florilla Loomis. 



1839 

Mar. 7. Charles A. T. Dickinson to Mary Ann Brainerd. 
26. William B. Tibballs to Jennet Tyler. 
28. Samuel W. Tibbals to Roxanna Hubbard. 

320 



Jan. 


9. 


Feb. 


8. 




26. 




28. 


Jan. 


15. 


Mar. 


19. 


Apr. 


1. 

25. 


June 28. 


Aug. 
Sept. 


1. 

2. 
6. 


Nov. 


4. 




18. 


Dec. 


13. 




30. 



Apr. 


9. 




25. 


May 


15. 


July 


3. 


Oct. 


17. 


Nov. 


24. 


Dec 


25. 



MAKRIAGES 

Joseph A. Comstock of Saybrook to Parmelia Freeman. 
Sylvanus Bailey to Emiline Stevens of N. Guilford. 
J. N. Ashley of Rochester, N. Y. to Elizabeth B. Hub- 
bard. 
WilUam Ely to Abigail E. Tyler. 
Harvey Dickinson to Lydia M. Smith. 
Felix M. Spencer to Jerusha Smith. 
David Wm. Arnold to Mary Ann Cooke. 

1840 

Jan. 1. Roger W. Newton of Durham to Cynthia Huntington. 

Feb. 5. Samuel H. Arnold to J\Iary L. Dibble. 

July 22. Francis Swan of East-Haddam to Aurelia A. Church. 

29. William C. Ives of Durham to Caroline Brainerd. 
Dec. 2. Cyrus West Field, of New York City, to Mary Bryan 

Stone of Guilford. 
Do. Oscar F. Parker, of Saeket's Harbor, N. Y., candidate 
for the ministry, to Amelia B. Hazelton. 

1841 

Mar. 14. Shubal D. Clark of Chester to Ann M. Webb of the 
same place in the Cong. Church in said Town. 
18. Edward Hall of Guilford to Elizabeth M. Fowler of 
Killingworth in Killingworth. 
May 19. Ashbel Tyler to Sophia Dickinson. 
26. George Brooks to Abigail Turner. 
Nov. 25. Winslys [Willis] North of Middletown to Orpha M. 

Gladwin. 
Dec. 22. Albert Carter of Middletown to Elizabeth H. Burr. 
26. Dan P. Lane to Cynthia S. Burr. 

30. Ansel Spencer to Rowena P. Smith. 



1842 

Apr. 8. Amasa Wood of Southbridge, Mass. to Harriet Skinner. 

10. Charles Babcock to Maria F. Bonfoey. 

12. Theodore D. Hayes to Marinda Smith. 
May 15. William E. Darer of Wallingford to Florilla S Brain- 
erd. 

17. Luther A. Freeman to Emiline Hubbard of Middle- 
town. 

24. Rev. Davis Smith Brainerd to Miss Ann Maria Chad- 
wick at the house of her father, Capt. Daniel Chad- 
wick, in Lyme. 

30. Ellsworth Walkley to Euphrasia M. Treadwell. 

21 321 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Sept. 22. Nelson Burr to Rebecca S. Willcox. 

Oct. 18. Carlos B. Tyler to Cynthia A. Shaler. 

30. Warren W. Dickinson to Esther M. Tyler. 

Nov. 2. Charles S. Brainerd to Silva Arnold. 

Dec. 4. Levi S. Allen of Wallingford to Philinda SutlLff. 



1843 

Jan. 16. Calvin Havcley of North Guilford to Maria Ely, Avidow 

of Albert Ely. 
Feb. 28. William Burr to Elizabeth Brainerd. 
May 3. E. Porter Smith to Lydia M. Bailey. 
31. Samuel Dickinson to Polly E. Burr. 
Aug. 7. Henry Potter of Enfield to Ww. Emmiline E. Hart of 

Saybrook. 
Nov. 29, Nelson T. Wolcott of Hartford to Sarah Kelsey. 
Dec. 26. John Wesley Crittenton to Harriet Eliza Pratt of Essex. 



1844 
Oct. 9. Elihu B. Rodgers of Colchester to Cornelia Brainerd. 



322 



DEATHS 

Record Icept by the Eev. Eleaser May. 

1756 

July Zebulon Lewis in old age. 

Aug. Esther the Daughter of Hez: Clark infant. 

Jeremiah of Doctor Cruttenden the Son infant. 

James the Son of Wdo Kay a Lad. 

1757 

Apr. Thankfull the Daughter of Wdo ThankfuU Brainerd 

aged about 16 years. 
Mar. an Infant of Elisabeth Homan. 

Apr. an Infant Child of Danll Clark. 

May Lydia the Daughter of Wdo ThankfuU Brainerd aged 

about 18 years. 
June Captain James Welles aged 50 od years. 

Sept. an Infant of Elisha Knowles. 

Bartholomew the Son of Wido Free Love Brooks aged 

about Six years. 
Oct. Zachariah Son of Heber Brainerd aged two years. 

1758 

Jan. Thomas Ellis aged about 70 years. 

Feb. Eichard Skinner aged about 70 years. 

Ezekiel Baley One Bonfoye & Simon Cone died in the 
Army A.D. 1756 or 1757. 
Mar. David Clark was unfortunately Drowned Crossing Con- 

necticut Kiver aged about 50 years. 
May The Wife of Serj : Wm Porter aged about 54 years. 

July A Young Woman at Joseph Seldens aged 13 years. 

Sept. Jonathan Arnold in the Army. 

Oct. Samll Brainerd in the army. 

Capt. Bradfords Wife John Lewis' Child Jabez Baley 's 

Child all Died. 
James Brooks agdl 18 years died Returning from the 

army. 
John Lewis Lost two Children. 

323 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

July Lieut. Howland Died being Shot by the enemy over 

the Lake. 
Dee. Samll Clarke Lost an Infant Child. 

Cap: Crook died at Sea aged about 60 years. 

1759 

Apr. Mis: Bates Wife of Jonathan Bates aged about 82 

years. 
July Solomon Bates of the Small pox aged about 20 years. 

Sept. Nehemiah Dinyson in the army aged 20 years. 

Nov. Ebenezer Ventrous' Wife aged about 55. 

Dec. a Child of Nathan Tyler. 

1760 

Jan. a Child of Jacob Ely. 

Nathll Spencers Son Amos was killed by the falling of 
a tree aged 11 years. 
Apr. Joseph Smiths Child aged about 8 months. 

1791 

Jan. The Widdow Slade died. 

a Child of Elihu Smith died. 

The Widow Keley died. 

a Child of James Knowles died. 

1798 

Jan. a Child of Joseph Dickinson -Jr died aged four years 

and Some Months of the Ratles. 
Feb. a Child of Cap Dickinson with Convulsion fitts eight 

months old. 
The Wife of Ebenezer Thomas died with a fever in 

Child baring aged about 30 years. 
Mar. Mis Brainerd Widdow of Col Brainerd died aged 85 

with the infirmity of old age. 



Record Tcept "by the Bev. David D. Field. 

1804 

Age 

Jan. 1. Judith, wife Ox .John Knowles 41 

28. Dorothy, wife of John May 31 J 

— Daniel Spencer 72 

324 



DEATHS 

Age 

Feb. 10. Jonathan Burr 48 

— Ww, EUzabith Bailey 92 

— Mary Brainerd abt. 34 
Mar. 3. Edwin, c. of John Child 1 

29. Lucinda Brainerd 18 

Apr. 5. Kuel Knowles 36 

26. Ansel, e. of Ansel Shaler 2^ 

— A male infant of Ira Shaler 3 ws. 
May 14. Thankful, c. of Ansel Shaler 7 ms. 
June 23. Eunice, d. of Linus Parmalee 14 
July 23. A male child of Da\-id Smith 3 ms. 

25. Prudence, Prudence, w. of Joseph Arnold 60 

Aug. 24. Shubael Crook 79 

Sept. 14. Anna, c. of James Burr 8 ms. 

Oct. 1. Nathaniel Bay 79 

Nov. 4. A child of Joseph Burr 3 ws. 

10. Joseph Arnold 64 

12. Abraham Tyler 71 

_ Ww. Elizabeth Pelton 86 

Dec. 18. Stephen Nelson 14 

1805 

Jan. 2. Minerva, daughter of Josiah Stannard 4 

10. Samuel B., child of Amasa Hubbard 2^ 
Feb. 19. Clarinda, d. of Benanuel Bonfoey 5 
Mar. 7. Morris, child of Moses Stevens 1\ 

25. Experience, wdfe of Nathan Tyler 63 

Apr. 15. Fanny, d. of Joseph Scovil 21 

28. Ebenezer Thomas 77 
May 19. Asa Hubbard (blind) 66 
June — Burge (a foreigner) abt. 40 

24. Ezra Euttee 33 
July 1. Female infant of Joseph Arnold 1 m. 

11. James Bates (died in Boston) 39 

15. Russel Bailey (died in the W. Indies) 26 

16. Dr. Hezekiah Brainerd 63 

29. Anna Bates 66 
Aug. 8. Peggy, wife of Asher Clarke 37 

— Abram, c. of Abram Simons (Indian) 8 

25. James Child 22 

30. Mehetaball, wife of James Sutliff 39 ■ 
Sept. 8. John Church 48 

11. Irena Spencer, e. of James Walkley 1 

14. A daughter of James Burr 7 

21. Diodate, s. of Ww. Hannah Smith 8 

28. Abigail, child of David Rich 4 

28. A male child of Sherman Everest Es,q. 

29. Benjamin Smith o S.^:., ' ''' '' ' ^ '' 22 



HADDAM CHUECH ANNI\T:RSARY 

Age 

Oct. 1. Samuel, c. of Noah Clark 5 

2. Charles, c. of Eichard Johnson 9 

3, A female infant of Ezekiel Spencer 2 Ds. 

6. Mary, widow of Charles Smith 63 

7. Elizabeth, d. of Benjamin Kelsey 6 

8. Samuel Arnold 59 
13. Nathan Tyler 67 

— Mary, d. of Eichard Johnson 11 

18. A female child, twin infant of Ezekl 

Spencer 2 [17] Ds. 

19. Deantha, a child of Smith Hubbard 3 

— Henry Thomas 49 
Nov. 4. Samuel, s. of Samuel Hubbard 11 

6. Elizabeth, wife of Stephen Dickinson 78 

12. Benjamin Parmalee 19 

19. Electa, c. of Samuel Hubbard 14 Ms. 

Dee. 2. Elizabeth, c. of Asa Ruttee 1 

' — Sarah, wife of Eoger Thomas 61 

12. Eliee, relict of Francis Clarke 83 

13. Asa Shaler 69 
22. Hannah, c. of William Clarke 3 

1806 

Jan, 27. Eebecca, wife of Edward Bailey 36 

— Elijah Brainerd 71 
28. Isaac Eay 39 
_ Ww. Mary Smith 42 

Mary Ann, child of James Eamey [or Eanney] 1 

Frances, wife of Josiah Scovil 72 

William Scovil 62 
Two infants, twin sons of Nathanl. Hull A few Hs. 

Mary Brainerd 22 

Eebecca, wife of Solomon Walkley 56 

Susannah, daughter of Joseph Spencer 22 

Ww. Thankful Brainard 97 

Eichard Johnson 32 

Eachel Tyler, wife of Timothy Tyler 71 

Gideon Bailey 54 

Zachariah Church 16 

Edwards, a child of Abijah Baily 1 
Sally, a child of William Brainard 4 ms. 

Martha Thomas (widow) 81 

Henry Shaylor, in the West Indies 16 

Betsey Shaylor (widow) 59 

William Bailey 74 

Mary Tinker (widow) 75 

John Clarke (at sea) 42 

Sarah Tibbils, wife of Eber TibbUs 56 

326 



Feb. 


6. 


Mar. 


2. 




15. 




16. 


Apr. 


12. 
13. 




28. 




29. 




28. 


May 


10. 

24. 




26. 


June 25. 




27. 


July 
Aug. 


18. 
28. 
29. 


Sept, 


, 1. 

12. 



Oct. 


5. 




5. 




6. 




21. 


Nov. 


15. 


Dec. 


19. 



DEATHS 

Age 

An infant son of Jacob Brainard's One day 

Hannah Brainard (widow) 93 

A male infant of Hiram Dickinson 's A few min. 

A male child of Jabez Spencer 2 

Jerusha Cole (of West-Chester) 38 

Joseph Dickinson 70 



1807 

Jan. 3. Lucy Ann Mc'Nary 2 

11. Jerusha, daughter of Eichard Skinner 13 

Feb. 13. Cyrus Hambleton, child of Jesse Higgina 4 ds. 

14. Sarah Scovil. 60 

14. Deantha, child of Smith Hubbard's 2i . 

Mar. 1. Charlotte, daughter of Elisha White 7 

23. Mary Anne, a child of Daniel Knowles 4 ms. 
Apr. 3. A male child of Jonathan Brooks (still born) 

7. David, a child of David Bonfoey 15 das. 
22. Ruth Knowles 36 

24. John, an infant son of Sylvester Smith 's 1 m. 4 ds. 
29. Susannah Brainard, wife of Wm. Brainard 42 

May 2. Hezekiah, son of Sylvanus Clarke (at Windsor) 16 

8. Thomas, child of Amasa Hubbard 9 ms. 
10. A female child of Nathaniel Eays a few wks. 

June 9. Nancy, child of Stephen Eussel Junr. 4J 

24. Timothy Gladding 30 

25. A male infant of Ebenezer Clarke's 3 hrs. 
Aug. 14. Lister, a child of Eussel Shayler 1 

19. [at Dominico] Hezekiah Clarke 24 

Sept. 19. Mary Smith, wife of Eobert Smith 52 

19. A male child of Ansel Shayler 's (still-born) 

Oct. 17. Ehoda, wife of Danll. Merwin 27 

21. Sylvanus, child of Abraham Simons 12 

21. Ephraim Sawyer 67 

Nov. 3. James Brainard abt. 39 

6. Esther Sawyer 42 

8. Dea. Nehemiah Brainard 65 

Dec. 30. A male infant of Eliakim Brainard Jr. (still-born) 



1808 

Jan. 6. A female child of James Gladding 1 day 

14. A female child of Eoswel Doan (still-born) 

20. Eobert Bradford 77 

27. Ebenezer Skinner 79 

30. John Smith 79 

Feb. 11. Samll. Higgins (at Tobago) 34 

327 



Feb. 


20. 




21. 




27. 


Mar. 


21. 


May 


15. 




31. 


June 17. 


July 


9. 

18. 




30. 


Aug. 


2. 
5. 




25. 




28. 


Sept. 
Oct. 


,13. 
3. 


Nov, 


2. 




10. 




29. 


Dec. 


10. 



Jan. 


11. 


Feb. 


7. 




16. 


Mar. 


6. 




14. 




17. 


Apr. 


12. 




15. 




18. 




16. 


May 


9. 




11. 




15. 




21. 


July 


22. 




26. 


Aug. 


4. 


Oct. 


17. 




23. 


Nov. 


5. 



HADDAM CHUKCH ANNIVEESARY 

Age 

Edward, child of Simon Hazelton 9 ms. 

SaUey, wife of Jonathan Huntington 27 

Lucinda Brainard 24 

Stephen Dickinson 81 

Elizabeth, widow of Jonathan Cone 73 

Ww. Lydia Eay, relict of Nathaniel Eay Abt. 73 

Owen, a child of Danll. Brainard Jr. 4 

Ww. Lucy Church 93 

Ww. Naomi Waterhouse 75 

John Willcox 76 

James Hubbard 75 

Isaac Auger 88 

Martha, widow of James Merwin 70 
A female infant of Leman Scofield 

Lived less than an hour 

Sarah Williams 97 

George, child of David Dickinson 4 
A female infant of Ezra Smith's, still-born 
A female infant of Timothy Chapman, still-born 

Eunice Smith, wife of Ezra Smith 19, 4 ms. 

Jacob Ely 95 
A male infant of Adnah Clarke's 4 or 5 wks. 

Mirriam Knowles, wife of Danll. Knowles 33 

Welman Arnold, son of James Arnold 22 

1809 

Martha, d. of Simeon Dickinson [interlined] 3 w. 

Eebecca Arnold 65 

A male infant of Danll. Knowles 4 ms. 

Dea. Silas [EUsha] Cone ■ 99^ 

Joseph Smith 83 
Martha, child of Simeon Dickinson 

[See Jan. 11, above] 3 w. & 3 d. 

Eunice Spenser, wife of Joseph Spenser 63 

Anne Clarke 32 

Ezra Brainard 26 
A female infant of Joseph Shayler's (still-born) 

Sarah, wife of Jeremiah Brainard 72 

Gideon Bailey 87 

Timothy Hubbard 74 
Owen, son of Daniel Brainerd [interlined, see 1808] 5 

Wakeman Brooks 68 

Ben j amen Kelsey 46 

Ww. Elizabeth Bailey 96 

Nathaniel Tyler Junr. 47 

Davis Brainard (at St. Bartholomew's) 22 

Josiah Arnold 23 

Anna Spenser 27 

328 



DEATHS 

Age 

Dec. 2. Danll, Brainard Esq. 58 

3. Danll. Towner 58 

13. Sally, child of Asa Kuttee's 4 

11. Martin McNary 80 

17. Elizabeth Wetmore, wife of N. Wetmore 39 



1810 

Jan. 14. Caroline, the wife of James Brooks 41 

24. Esther Brainard 19 

26. Jedidah Brainard 22 

27. Eussel Bailey, a child of W. Gladden 1 
Feb. 28. Hannah Arnold 21 
Mar. 16. Ansel Sawyer 32 
May 1. David Brooks, a child of Lydia Knowles 7 

24. BezaUel Shayler 74 

28. -Joel Arnold, a child of Jacob Brainards 10 ms. 
June — A male infant of Smith Hubbards, on day of birth. 
July 21. Mary, widow of Jeremiah Hubbard 95 
Aug. 10. A female infant of James K. Child (still-born) 
Sept. — Male infant of James Burr (lived for a few minutes) 

5. Sylvester Smith 38 

Oct. 6. Elijah, a child of Ezra Brainard 's 4 

23. Abigail Smith, wife of Sylvanus Smith 64 



1811 

Feb. 12. Eichard Walkley 72 

17. Ww. Hannah Eay, relict of Isaac Eay 86 

Mar. 17. A male twin-infant of Abraham Hubbard, 
lived a little time. 

21. A male infant of Azahel Bonfoey 4 hs. 
26. Persean, a child of Hiram Dickinson 3. 4ms. 

28. Asenath Hubbard, the wife of Abraham Hubbard 38 

29. Sylvanus Smith Junr. 23 
Apr. 3. Lewis Bailey 30-f- 

14. A male child of James Brooks 3d (still-born) 

17. Margery, wife of Eeuben Cone 48 
June 13. Benjamin Sherman 50 

18. Ww. Anna Hubbard 78 
26. Charles Tyler, son of David Dickinson 11 

July 3. Cynthia, a child of James Kelsey 1 

6. "Ww. Sarah Bailey 87 

31. John May, on a passage from Cuba to N. Y. 52 

Aug. 20. Joel Arnold 74 

Sept. 3. A male infant of Simon Shayler 's 6 ms. 

22. Alnora, a child of Edward Bailey 2 

329 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Oct. 19. Parsa Brainard, -wife of Jacob Brainard 

28. Mary Anna, wife of Andrew Southworth 

Nov. 9. M. infant of Winsloe Higgins (still-born) 

27. Ebenezer Thomas 



Age 
28 
73 

46 



Feb. 22. 

Mar. 5. 

5. 

25. 
Apr. 5. 

18. 

22. 
May 5. 

13. 

27. 
July 18. 
Aug. 13. 

15. 

20. 
Sept. 1. 

15. 

24. 

29. 
Oct. 1. 

22. 

25. 
1. 

12. 
5. 

12. 



Nov, 
Dec. 



1812 

Joseph, an infant of Joseph Dickinson's 7 ms. 

Lucretia, a child of Obadiah Dickinson Jun, 3 J 

Halsey Thomas 15 

Elisha Spenser 76 

Ww. Margaret Ray 68 

David Arnold 62 

Aaron Clarke 75 
Ww. Deborah Smith, widow of Stephen 100. 2 ms. 

A female infant of James Clarke's (a twin) 13 Days 

Tamzim, a child of Eliab Smith's 1 
A male infant of Dennis Clarke's (still-born) 

Benjamin Smith, a child of Samll. Church's 1, 7 ms. 

Jonathan Smith Jun. 51 

Ww. Sarah Brainard 79 

Phebe, a child of Samll. Bailey's 4 -f- 

Joshua, a son of Oliver Brainard 's 22 
A male infant of Cornelius Brainard 's Few hours 

Christiana, wife of Nathaniel Sutliff 83 

Aaron Bushnel, child of Aaron Dickinson 's 1, 6 ms. 

Abram Simons 63 

Beulah, a child of Elizabeth Arnold's 11 
A male infant of Ansel Shayler's (still-born) 

Joseph Ray 94 

Joseph Arnold, Senior 49 

Joseph Brainard 76, 11 ms. + 

Ww. Hazelton 81, 6 ms. 



1813 



Jan. 5. 

7. 

12. 

30. 

Mar. 8. 

13. 

3. 

2. 

4.' 

1. 



3. 



Apr. 
May 

June 



Sarah Brainard 64 

A male infant of Joseph Cone Jun. 2 ms. 

Ww. Esther Brainard 95 + 
Nelson, a child of Asahel Wheeler's 1, 10 ms. 

A male infant of Jonathan Burr's 2 wks. 

James Arnold 60 

Timothy Tyler 77 
Brainard, infant of Jared Arnold's 2 wks + 

Edward Fields, a negro man 24 

Susannah Scofield, daughter of John Scovil 16 

Reuben Cone 57 

Charlotte Child, wife of Samuel Child 27 

Horace Alvan, an infant of David Arnolds 9 ms. 

330 



DEATHS 

Age 

June 4. Sally, wife of Smith Hubbard 39 

9. Smith Clarke Esq. 47 

Esther, wife of Luther Boardman 57 

10. Temperance, wife of CaMn Thomas 47 
A female babe of Samll. Childs at Northford 1 wk. 

14. Jacob Bailey 37 

15. Susannah, wife of Solomon Walkley Jun. 31, 11 ms. 
18. A male infant of John Ventres Junr. 3 ms. 

20. Samll. Hubbard 81 

21. Samll. Bailey 40. 10 ms. 
July 1. Lois, wife of Simon Bailey 23 

25. Simon Tyler 68, 11 ras. 

26. Sylvanus Bailey 20, 10 ms. 
Aug. 15. Jemima, a child of the widow of S. Bailey 8 

25. Betsey, wife of John Smith Jun. 34 

28. Sophronia Ann, infant of Darius Dickinson 1, 3 
30. Jonathan, son of Jonathan Cone 13 

Sept. 12. A female infant of John Smith 's 2 ms. 

Oct. 22. Thomas Shayler 70, 8 ms. 

25. Patience, a child of Heman Cliilds 6 

Nov. 5. A female infant of Jonathan Huntingtons, a few hours. 

29. Sylvester Spencer 19 
Dec. 4. Rufus, a child of Eufus Tyler 's 8 ms. 

11. Ww. Martha Brainard 76 + 

12. "Ww. Elizabeth Brainard 63 



1814 

Ww. Sarah Lewis 91 

Sally, wife of Oliver Brainerd 54 

Ww. Naomi Gladding 73 

David, child of Jonathan Cone's 3, 1 mo. 

Ww. Deborah Walkley 69 

A male infant of Noah P. Burr 3 ms. 

Aaron, a child of Aaron Dickinson 's 1, 6 ms. 

Doratha, wife of Samll. Brooks 82, 6 ms. 

Eichard Knowles 88, 8 ms. 

Infant daughter of James Clarke 14 Days 

Widow Lydia Dickinson 72 

Elizabeth, wife of Ambrose Arnold 67, 7 ms. 

Sylvanus Smith 66 

Francis Lewis 64. 11 ms. 

Stephen Spencer 61, 3 ms. 

Chauncy B., son of Nathan Wetmore 3 
George Edgar, child of Linus Parmalee Jun. 1, 7, ms. 

Elisha H., son of E ' '■ ■ ■■ Harvey 5 

Deborah, vrife of James Cone 82, 8 ms. 

JaTnes Cone 85 

331 



Jan. 


22. 




25. 




30. 


Feb. 


12. 




18. 




16. 


Mar. 


10. 




13. 


Apr. 9. 
May 14. 
June 10. 




15. 


July 
Aug. 


3. 

10. 
19. 


Sept 


4. 




16. 


Oct. 


31. 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Age 

Nov. 10. Joseph Spencer 72 

30. Mary Clarke 87 

Dec. 1. Phebe, wife of Whitman Crook 60 

4. Simon Hazelton 58 

10. Daniel Scovil 32 

1815 

Jan. 9. Jared Arnold, son of Joseph Arnold Sen. ID 

14. Jemima, wife of Nathaniel Burr 63 + 

17. Nathaniel Brainerd 73 + 

18. Dea. Eliakim Brainerd 33, 10 ms. 

21. Almira, daughter of Josiah Stannard 12 

22. Artemesia, daughter of " " 3 

30. William Bailey 53, 11 ms. 
Feb. 3. A male infant of Solomon Walkley Jun. (Still-born) 

19. Rachel Brainerd 83 
27. Sarah, widow of Daniel Scovil 29, 7 ms. 

Mar. 12. Solomon Skinner 40, 10 ms. 

31. A female infant of Amasa Hubbard's 1 wk. 
May 5. Rufus Tyler (The first buried in the yard 

at Turkey Hill) 31, 11 ms. 

27. Lydia, wife of Wm. Ely 58 

June 1. John Bailey 62 

24. A male infant of Winslow Higgins 2 Days 
July 22. Eliakim Brainerd 55, 11 ms. 

19. Warren Shayler at New Orleans 29 

Aug. 29. Epaphras, a child of Aaron Dickinson's 1, 7 ms. 

Sept. 8. Arnold Hazelton 74, 7 ms. 

9. Aaron Dickinson 36, 8 ms. 

Oct. 16. Anna, wife of Sylvester Brainerd Jun. 26 

Nov. 2. A female infant of Ebenezer Skinner's 2 wks. 

Dec. 1. A male infant of Wm. Dickinson, still-born 

3. Rufus, a child of the widow of R. Tyler 's 1 + 

6. Temperance Scovil 16 + 

13. at Sea, Samuel Thomas 21, 10 ms. 

25. Stephen Johnson, my infant son 5 ms. 14 ds. 



1816 

Mariah, child of Sylvester Skinner's 1, 10 ms. 

WilUams Smith, (born Apr. 25, 1720.) 95, 8 ms. 

Abigail, wife of Wm. Smith 68, 6 ms. 

Smith Clarke, son of Warren Clarke 15, 11 ms. 

James Hazelton 26, 6 ms. 

Sally, wife of Philemon Scovil 37, 6 ms. 

Samuel Brooks 85, 10 ms. 

332 



Jan. 


5. 




14. 


Feb. 


10. 


Mar. 


15. 




17. 




18. 




22. 





9. 




13. 




20. 




25. 


May 
June 


19. 
1. 




26. 




25. 


Aug. 


18, 
29. 


Sept. 
Oct. 


9. 
15. 


Dec. 


31. 



DEATHS 

Age 

Apr. 8. Samuel Burr 33 

Concurrence Burr, widow of Samuel 25 + 

Ww. Temperance Shayler 83 

Ww. Ann Spencer 88 + 

A female infant of Caleb Brainerd's 1 m. 

Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Dickinson 47 

Cynthia, wife of Obadiah Dickinson Jun. 28, 9 ms. 

Mercy, wife of Elias Ely 48 

Deborah Bates 46 

Lyman Buel (drowned oft" Sandy Light-House) 29 

Samll. Tyler 82, 11 ms. 

Davis, a child of Sylvester Brainerd 2d 3, 10 ms. 

Anna, an infant of Sylvester Brainerd 2d. 1 

Ww. Esther Hazelton 92, 6 ms. 

Elizabeth wife of John Knowles 30, 8 ms. 



1817 

Jan. 12. Maria Melissa, a child of Jonathan Ushers 8 ms. 

Dinah, Ww. of Barzillai Dudley 71 

Sabra, child of Solomon Skinner's widow 3, 3 ms. 

Elizabeth, child of Linus Brainerds 2 y 5 w. 

A male infant of Nathaniel Hulls (still-born) 
r 8. Achsa, a child of Nelson Fords 
Caleb Bailey 
Job Wheeler 
Ww. Hannah Child 
Eli Hubbard 

Ww. Martha Arnold, (relict of Saml. A.) 
Michael, child of Joshua Brainerd's 
Nancy, wife of Jonathan Crook 
Two female infants (twins) of Nelson 

Ford 's 
Amelia, child of Willard Gladding 's 
Benjn. Eay 
George Brooks 
Ambrose Arnold 
Elihu Bates 

David Thomas (at H. Houses) 
A male infant of John Turner 's, lived a 

few minutes. 
Betsey, wife of Amasa Hubbard 36, 6 ms. 

Eunice, wife of Josiah Pelton, whose 

death was occasioned by a fall from a 

waggon at Farminton 47 

Jemima, infant of Caleb Brainerd 's 3 ms. 

Anna, widow of Timothy Towner 81, 9 ms. 

Martin, son of Timothy Shayler 2, 4 ms. 

333 



Feb. 


3. 


Jan. 


20. 




24. 




27 


Feb. 


9. 




14. 


Mar. 


3. 




10. 


Apr. 
May 


16. 

9. 
31. 




6. 


June 


8. 




18. 




2L 


July 


18. 
20. 




22. 


Aug. 


23. 


Sept. 


6. 
11. 


Oct. 


8. 




10. 




23. 



11, 


9 ms. 




86 




72 


77, 


3 ms. 


46, 


8 ms. 


98, 


2 ms. 


1 7 


5 ms. 




32 


not 


a day 


1, 


4 ms. 




33 




37 


71, 


8 ms. 


77, 


9 ms. 




57 



Oct. 
Nov. 


30. 
24. 


Dec. 


6. 
12. 
15. 


Jan. 


3. 

12. 


Feb. 


12. 
2. 




6. 

7. 
26. 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSAEY 

Age 
Ww. Jeruslia Arnold (relict of David A.) 58 
Simon Smith hung himself (according to 
the verdict of the jury in a state of in- 
sanity) 42 
Daniel Gladwin 72 
Charles, child of James Ray 1, 7^/^ ms. 
Tyler, son of James Ray 10, 8 ms. 

1818 

Esther Ray, daughter of James Ray 16, 3 ms. 
Dinah, relict of Barzillai Dudley [See 

same date in 1817]. 70 

Sarah, wife of Simon Tyler 36, 11 ms. 

Sarah, relict of Samuel Hubbard 85, 5 ms. 

Christian Arnold, a native of Saxony 77, 4 ms. 

Stephen Clarke 71, 4 ms. 

James Ray 46, 8 ms. 

Elizabeth, wife of Noadiah Cone 57, 3 ms. 

Note. — For tmicli of the time between April 11, 1818, and April 11, 1887, the rec- 
ord of deaths in this society was very imperfect. The Rev. Mr. Marsh omitted 
very many deaths among other denominations; and his successor, Mr. Clark, re- 
corded only a part of the deaths. The leaves on which they made their records 
have been removed, and others inserted on which a fuller record is made, though 
doubtles.s the record now is incomplete. David D. Field. April 11, 1844. 

Apr. 12. Sarah, widow of Joel Arnold 84 

24. William Spencer 

May 25. Hannah, relict of Nathaniel Tyler 53 

June 30. John Ventres 89 

Aug. 5. Rebecca, wife of Jonathan Smith 75 

11. Aaron Smith Jun. 41 

Oct. 11. Harriet INIaria, daughter of Seth Arnold 2 

Nov, 29. Eber Tibballs 67 

30. Phinehas Doane 75 

Dec. 6. DoUy Chapman 23 

1819 

Jan. 12. A female infant of Samuel Child ) m • 1 H. 

14. Two female infants of Samuel Child 5 ^^^^ 2 Ds. 

Mar. 16. Hannah, wife of Joshua Brooks 79 

Apr. 3. Mary Smith 88 

10. Mindwell, widow of Arnold Hazelton 71 

13. David Rich 55 

25. Deborah, wife of Richard Knowles 

May 13. Andrew Southworth (near Chester) 86 

July — Ww. Dolly Smith 

Aug. 7. Laura, daughter of Silas Gladwin 9| 

334 



Aug. 


12. 


Sept, 


, 1. 




3. 




4. 




17. 




18. 




21. 




25. 




26. 


Oct. 


5. 




15. 


Nov. 


27. 


Dee. 


30. 



DEATHS 

Age 

Josiah Pelton 49 

Hosea, son of Benanuel Bonfoey 6 ms. 

Timothy Chapman 53 

Mary, relict of Cornelius Higgins Esq. 84 

Susannah, widow of John Smith 93 
A child of Asa Mitchell 
Another child of Asa Mitchell 

Florilla, daughter of Hazael Smith 17 

Sarah, widow of Dea. Nehemiah Brainerd 78 

A coloured child 2 

Infant son of Horace Arnold 6 Hs. 

Israel Clarke 26 

Amos Bailey 79 

Nathaniel Sutliff 88 

Plorilla, daughter of David Wilcox 15 

Augustus licwis' wife 63 



1820 

Jan. Christiana, wife of William Clarke 

Feb. 1. Samuel Davis, son of Noah Clark 1-^ 

— Eunice, widow of Stephen Spencer 80 
26. Eachel, widow of Ebenezer Skinner 88 

28. Martha, vdfe of 23 
Mar. 30. Infant son of George Cone 

Apr. 4. Asaneth, daughter of Samuel Lewis 24 

— The wife of Jeduthan Shaler 

18. Ephraim Shaler 38 

May 5. Amos, child of Harris Bailey 4 or 5 

6. Child of Sylvester Skinner. 

June 3. Harris Bailey abt. 45 

14. Nancy, daughter of Harris Bailey 16 

29. Anah Maria, child of David Grannis 2 

— Calvin Hubbard. 

July 24. OUver Wells Esq. 75 

29. Betsey Maria, daughter of Jonah Dickinson 16 
Aug. 23. Sarah Jane, daughter of Davis Smith 6 ms. 

— Mary, wife of John Heyden 55 
1. Jonathan, child of Ely Warner Esq. 1-J-^ 

Sept. 6. Clarissa, daughter of Sylvanus Clarke 39 

Oct. 3. John Brainerd 66 

28. Hezekiah, son of Daniel Brainerd 9 

Nov. 19. Margaret, child of Daniel Brainerd 1 

28. Amelia, daughter of David Bonfoey 4 

30. Eliza, daughter of Daniel Brainerd 20 
Dec. 1. William Knowles 89 

7. Zeruiah, daughter of John Knowles 20 
14. Male infant of Deacon Jonathan Huntington 10 Hrs. 

335 



HADDAM CHUECH ANNIVERSARY 

1821 

Age 

Henry Towner 29 

John Ely 40 

Martha, wife of Israel Smith 59 

William Knowles 23 
Two children. 

Infant son of Selden Tyler 9 ms. 

Julia Ann, child of James Gladwin 5 

Electa Maria, child of Joseph Shaler 5 
Ebenezer Skinner. 

Abigail, child of Davis Smith 1\ 

Olive, wife of James Shaler 58 

Ann, widow of John Wilcox 88 
Lucy, widow of Dea. Eliakim Brainerd , 8t 

Matilda, daughter of Elias Bates 7 

Prudence, wife of James K. Child 57 
An infant child of Jabez Brainerd 6 Hs. 

Cornelia, daughter of Willard Smith 6^ 

Mary Dudley 38 

Prosper Brainerd 85 

1822 

Samuel Woodruff. 

Polly, wife of Silas Gladwin 50 
Nancy, daughter of Abram Simons [coloured], 

Edward, son of Thomas C. Smith 5 

Job Hubbard 83 

Jeremiah Brainerd 82 

Phinehas, son of Phinehas Brainerd 14 
A child of Jacob Brainerd. 

Joel TibbaUs 37 
Matthew, son of Matthew Hubbard 10 Ds. 

Elizabeth Spencer 74 

Mary, wife of Abishai Smith 67 

Susannah, wife of Nathan Wetmore 35 

A child of Frisbie 3 

Samuel Stannard 73 

David Dickinson 64 

Jared, a child of Elisha Clarke 2^ 

. — Nancy Eliza, daughter of Silas Clark 1| 

26. Abraham Hubbard 52 
28. Esther Brainerd, widow of Jeremiah 

Brainerd previously widow of Sawyer 82 

Oct. 6. Edwin, infant of Heman Child 8 ms. 

10. Sarah, widow of Timothy Hubbard 80 

12. Susan, daughter of Noadiah Brainerd 10 

22. Hannah, wife of Comfort Eay 65 

336 



Jan. 


9. 




15. 




16. 




18. 


Feb. 







18. 


Mar. 


3. 




11. 


Apr. 
May 


25. 
19. 
23. 




29. 


June 


6. 




10. 


Sept. 


3. 

26. 


Dee. 


30. 


Jan. 




Feb. 


14. 


Mar. 


— 


Apr. 
May 


o 

8. 




9. 


July 


22. 
30. 


Aug. 


3. 

21. 




22. 




24. 


Sept. 


9. 
16. 



DEATHS 

Age 

— Elizabeth, sister of Amos Bailey. 
Nov. 30. Sylvester Johnson [First person buried in 
the Little City yard. The child of Silas 
Clarke, which died before, was taken up 

from the Punset yard and buried there] 22 

Fidelia Dickinson 11 

1823 

David Rich, a son of David Rich 17 

Manilla M., child of Felix Spencer 1 

Joseph Arnold 49 

Hannah, daughter of Joseph Arnold 12 

A male child of Alanson Spencer 5 Ds. 

Samuel B. Whitmore 81 

Martha, wife of William E. Mather 25 

Sally, daughter of Ww. Lydia Brooks 18 

Lydia, wife of Sylvanus Brooks 21 

Dorothy, wife of Sylvanus Clark 63 
Jerusha Parker, daughter of Ww. Eunice 

Doane, by her first husband 48 

Jane, infant of Cephas Brainerd 1^ 
Experience, widow of Harris Bailey. 

Rosetta, wife of Richard McNary 23 f 

Thomas Barry 59 
Female infant of Selden Skinner. 

Eunice, vsdfe of Aaron Smith 83 

Ann, wife of Selden Huntington 36^ 

Sarah, widow of Timothy Hubbard 81-j^ 

Male child of Jonathan Burr 2 Wks. 

George Edwin, son of George Clarke 9 ms. 

Mary Ann, daughter of Jonn. Burr 1 m. 

Perse, daughter of Jacob Brainerd 7 

Jerusha, wife of James Thomas 73 

1824 

Seth Tinker abt. 63 

Abraham Brooks, by falling from a ladder 73 

Heman Brainerd 36 

infant of Moses Tyler. 

Deborah, daughter of Jacob Ely deceased 56 

Israel Thomas 36 

John Smith 78 

Ogden, son of David Shaler 28 

Esther, widow of Job Wheeler abt. 80 

Infant, son of Damon TibbaUs 2 Ds. 

William Smith 76 
Lucintha Cone, infant of Dr. A. F. Warner. 

22 337 



Dec. 


17. 


Jan. 


7. 




11. 




12. 




15. 




30. 


Mar. 


18. 


Apr. 
May 


1. 
6. 


June 13. 


July 


27. 


Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 


28. 

15. 

2. 




7. 




10. 


Nov. 


15. 




21. 




30. 


Dec. 


2. 




28. 


Jan. 


14. 


Mar. 


27. 


Apr. 

May 


8. 
1. 

8. 




9. 




16. 




20. 




26. 



July 


1. 




15. 


Aug. 


30. 


Oct. 


— 




8. 




20. 




30. 


Nov. 


2. 




12. 




21. 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Age 

June 5. Jane, infant of Cephas Brainerd 5 Wks. 

John Spencer, infant of Saml. Smith 7 ms. 

Dorothy, wife of Samuel Clarke 91 

Ann, widow of Nathaniel Brainerd 78 

Eunice, widow of Phinehas Doane 84 

Mary, widow of Prosper Brainerd 81 

Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel Cooke 7 Wks. 

Israel Brainerd (a mute) 75 

Benjamin, son of Ezra Kelsey S^ 

Joshua Brooks ' 82 

Solomon Walkley 79 

Thomas C. Smith 33 

Mary, daughter of Seth Arnold 16 



1825 

Feb. 4. Susannah, wife of Asahel Hubbard 39 
15. Francis, infant of Mary, Ww. of Israel Thomas 5^ 

Mar. 26. Phinehas Brainerd 46 

Apr. 11. Female infant of WiUiam Burr 11 Ds. 

29. Chauncey, infant of Chauncey D. Skinner 1 D. 

May 18. , daughter of Hurlburt Swan 2^^ 

— , child of John Buel. 

June 23. Dr. Andrew F. Warner 34 

July 13. Abigail Thomas 63 

Aug. 14. Benanuel Bonfoey 70 

31. Richard, son of Benanuel Bonfoey 20 

Sept. 1. Susannah, daughter of James Brainerd 1 m. 

Rosette, child of Stephen Burr If 

15. Curtis Graham 42 

21. Martha, daughter of Dea. Asa Young 15 

22. Naomi, wife of Christopher Bailey 61 
Oct. 7. Polly Elizabeth, child of David Burr 2d 2 

10. Infant daughter of James Brainerd. 

16. Male infant of Ruth Clarke 9 Wks. 

— Female infant of Noadiah Cone 1 D. 
22. Drusilla Ann, daughter of Comfort Cone 2 
25. Ann, wife of Shaler Hubbard 70 
29. Liva, wife of Ansel Brainerd 2d. 

31. Miriam, daughter of Gideon Brainerd 33 

Nov. 1. Benjamin, son of Gideon Brainerd 22 

17. Esther, daughter of Gideon Brainerd 20 

19. Julia Ann, daughter of Daniel Thomas 2 + 

20. Elizabeth [Lydia?], viidow successively of 

David Smith, William Brainerd & Wil- 
liam Bradford, last husband belonging 

to Middle Haddam 88 

22. Mehetabel, wife of Jonathan Usher Esq. 47 

338 



DEATHS 



Age 



Nov. 24. infant of Cooke. 

25. Aaron Smith 88 

28. Ezra Brainerd 47 

29. Sarah, wife of Joseph Scovil 66 
Dec. 5. Edwin Marble, (ran over by a cart; a 

young man in the family of John Hay- 
den) 19 
7. Mary, daughter of Charles Bailey 17 

11. Trial, wife of Asher Clarke 51 

12. Susannah, wife of James Brainerd 46 

14. Hepzibah, wife of Gideon Brainerd. 

16. Catharine, sister of Dea. David Hubbard 81 

17. Thomas Skinner 54 
25. Orren Shaler 56 
^ Abigail, wife of Nathaniel Bailey 57 

1826 

Jan. — Elizabeth widow of Samuel Arnold 77 

23. Seth Arnold 42 

24. Henry Smith, son of Benjn. Kelsey 2J- 
Feb. 6. Judith, widow of Aaron Clarke 75 

25. infant of Asa Youngs. 

28. Andrew W. son of James Brooks 2d 23 
Mar. 1. Philo Clarke, son of Noah Clarke 16 

2. Jane, wife of James K. Child 58 

— Charles Brainerd 79 

25. Abigail, wife of Eeuben Bates 58 

29. Martha, wife of James Clarke 74 
Apr. 2. Sally, daughter of Silas Gladwin 19 

10. Eaehel, vdfe of Elisha Harvey 49 

16. Susannah, widow of Asa Shaler 90 

22. Ann, widow of Oliver "Wells Esq, 83 
May 2. William Brainerd 64 

17. Samuel Child 39 

— Sarah Clarke, sister of Joseph Clarke of Tylerville 70 
28. Joan, daughter of Joseph Cone 5 
31. Nathaniel Hazelton 69 

June 2. Eeuben Bailey 71 

5. Dea. Fiske Brainerd 43 

7. Ann, vdfe of Daniel Merwin 45 

July 4. Mary Lucina, child of Saml. Smith 7 

15. Caroline, child of Ezra Kelsey (drowned) 1 

26. Pelatiah, son of Pelatiah 26 
28. Philo Ives, son of Noah & Charity Clarke 16 

Aug. 4. Andrew Dickinson, son of 16 

10. Nelson, son of Eichard Skinner 18 

11. James Curtis, eon of Simon Hazelton 1 

23. Infant of Davis Smith. 

339 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Age 

Sept. 4, Samuel Hubbard 65 

5. Jured, son of Noadiah Brainerd 19 

6. Deborah, wife of Amasa Hubbard 34 

20. Charlotte, dauf^hter of Samuel Child 9 
2. Martha G., daughter of Davis Smith 2\^ 

28. James Shaler ' 62 

Oct. — Polly, daughter of David Burr 2 

26. Mary, wife of David Phelps (Died at Chester) 26 

— Mehetabal, daughter of John Warner 18 
Nov. 24. Lucy, widow of Elijah Brainerd 87 
Dec. 7. Thomas H., son of Thomas Skinner 30 

21. Mary S., daughter of James Brainerd 17 

— Henry D., son of Jabez Bailey 24 
24, Euhamah, wife of Didymus Johnson 58 
26. Zechariah Brainerd 85 



1827 

Jan. 29. Elizabeth, widow of Stephen Johnson 90 

30. Silas Cone 78 

Feb. 9. Whitmore Crook (ran over by a loaded sled) 74 

24. Sally Tryon (at Gurdon Walkley's, native of Ver.) 22 

Mar. 4. Israel Comstock (the year doubtful) 74 

14. James Clark 76 

Apr. 27. Noah Clark 63 

May 28. Susannah Hubbard, sister of Dea. D. Hubbard 90 

June 28. George Kelsey 68 

— Elizabeth, widow of Abner Tibballs 87 
July 2. Philinda, wife of Davis Kelsey 24 

3. Antoinette, daughter of George Cone 4 ms. 

26. Mary, wife of Charles Bailey 46 

29. Mary Ann, daughter of Noah & Charity Clark 2 

Aug. 11. Ann, wife of John Smith (of a cancer) 72 

Sept. 2. Obadiah Dickinson 74 

— William Landfear 20 
Oct. 5. George Lord 63 
Nov. — Infant daughter of Alvan Brainerd 3 Hs. 

17. Henry Smith 42 
21. Roswel Bailey (perhaps his death was in 1826) 21 

Dec. 7. Noah Cone 87 

1828 

Jan. 1. Octava Cecilia, child of David C. Hubbard 1 

18. Martha, wife of Nathaniel Burr 2d (The 

first buried in the Burr Grave Yard.) 50 

Feb. 1 7. Ursula, wife of Alanson Spencer 38 

19. A coloured boy. 

340 



DEATHS 

Age 
Feb. 23. George B., son of Benjamin Smith (poi- 
soned by corrosive sublimate) 19 

27. Jane, widow of Daniel Clark 47 
Mar. 1. Jonah Dickinson 52 

7. Lucinda, wife of Kichard Southworth, a 

daughter of Elias Ely 30 

— Anna, wife of Russell Shaler. 

Apr. 20. Shaler, son of James Brainerd 21 

28. Mary Ann, child of Asa Burr 10 ins. 
May 20. Jonathan Randall 83 

31. Elizur Spencer (the first in Punset G. Yard) 73 

June 9. Mary Susan, child of Hezekiah Brainerd 14 ms. 

29. Martha, widow of Stephen Clarke 83 
Aug. 14. Andrew, son of John Dickinson 16 
Sept. 24. Elias Spencer 78 ' 

25. Abigail, widow of Charles Brooks 86 

30. Hannah, wife of Hezekiah Shaler 78 

— Elizabeth, widow of John Ely 48 
Oct. 25. David B., son of David B. Ventres 1 

27. Gideon, son of Elias Gladwin ■ 27^ 

Kov. — Infant daughter of Alvan Bailey 1 D. 

6. Amelia, child of David B. Ventres 2f 

Dec. 1. Henry, child of Davis Smith 1 

4. Prudence, wife of Solomon Walkley 54 

26. Leonidas, infant of Cephas Brainerd 7 ma. 

27. Ww. Sarah Picket, before Ww. Seers, (drowned) 88 



1829 

Jan. Samuel Clarke 96 

— Catharine, sister of Joseph Scovil. 

29. Infant son of Isaac Loomis 1 H. 

— Laura, daughter of Selden Bailey IJ 
Apr. 20. Elizabeth Cone. 

25. Male child of Roraantha Mack 7 Wks. 

28. Mary Ann, child of Asa Burr 10 ms. 

30. Epaphroditus Parmalee 34 
June 14. Sarah, widow of Thomas Hubbard 77 
July 11. Fisk Shaler (by explosion in the Quarries) 31 

18. Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel Tyler 20j-i 

Aug. 15. A child of Moses Tyler 2 

Sept. 14. Luther Boardman 79 

— Edward, infant of Dr. Christopher Hill 10 Wks. 

— A coloured woman. 

Oct. 24. Asa Ruttee 61 

Dec. 17. Ezra Shaler 91 

27. Daniel Chapman Knowles 25 

29. Martha, widow of George Smith 91 

341 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVEESARY 

Age 
Dec. 31. George L. child of James Clarke Jun. 11 ms. 

— Asa Clarke, is supposed to have died this 

year while at sea [45] 

1830 

Hannah, widow of Elihu Bates 89 

Hannah, wife of Archelaus Tyler 50 

Giles Brainerd 76 

Catharine S. daughter of Noah Clark 17 

Frederic Smith, son of Isaac Loomis 12 

Israel Comstock, father of Mrs. Jonn. Usher 

John B. child of Jonathan Arnold 5 

Hezekiah Spencer (long deranged) 58 

Mary M., child of Asa Burr 10 or 11 ms. 

Simon Addison, child of Simon Hazelton 2 

Ephraim Shaler 

Cec[i]lla Octava, infant of David C. Hubbard 

Maria, wife of Ira H. Payne 

David Clark 

Joseph, son of Hez. Scovil, drowned 

Noah Cone 

Susannah, widow of Bezaliel Shaler 

Adonijah, son of Diodate Shaler 

Joseph Brainerd 

Anna, widow of Samuel B. Wetmore 

Heman Child. 

John Hayden 

Lester, son of David Shaler 

Elizabeth, D. of Saml. Child deceased 

Eebecca, widow of Jonathan Kelley 

Carlos, child of Jeremey Bailey 

Leonidas, child of Cephas Brainerd 

Anna, wife of David Shaler 

Lucretia, wife of Asa Shaler 

Edward, child of Dr. Christopher Hill 

Lovisa Maria, child of Deantheun Brainerd 

1831 

A child of Ebenezer Wilcox 

Maria, child of Charlotte Griffin 3 

Lucy, wife of Aaron Brainerd 50 

Ann Lovinia, child of Edward Ruttee 2 
Anna, wife of Silas Gladwin, previously 

widow of Thomas Barry 50 

22. Ann, child of Edward Ruttee 4-L 

— Jesse Tinker 72 
Apr. 1. Elizabeth, daughter of Noah Cone 64 

842 



Jan. 


8. 




12. 


Feb. 


9. 




13. 


Mar. 


11. 




17. 




20. 




24. 


Apr. 


IL 




18. 


May 


20. 
21. 


June 


7. 




14. 




29. 


Aug. 


9. 


Sept. 
Oct. 


,16. 
1. 




13. 




17. 




19. 




20. 




27. 


Nov. 


3. 




23. 


Dee. 


16. 




17. 


Jan. 


17. 




29. 


Feb. 


9. 


Mar. 


5. 




10. 





38 


6 


ms. 




24 




40 




4 




88 




81 


17 


ms. 


abt, 


. 70 




84 




66 




24 




18 




94 


7 


ms. 


9 


ms. 




47 




22 


10 


ms. 


1 


m. 



DEATHS 

Age 
May 21. Maria Tyler, wife of Ira H. Payne [Error, 

see 1830] 24 

Joseph Clarke 78 

Keuben, son of Ezra Eay 3f 

Ezra Eay 43 

Alanson, son of Ezra Eay 21 

Susanna, widow of Levi Eay 65 

Eobert, child of Eliphalet Smith 11 ms. 

Joseph C, son of Joseph S. Hubbard 2^ 
Selden Bailey, child of Asa Brainerd. 
Lydia, wife of Constant "Webb, previously 
widow successively of Gideon Bailey, 

Eber Tibballs & Josiah Pelton 77 

Jonathan Smith [Error, see 1834] 88 

Elizabeth A. daughter of Horace Arnold 13 

Mary E. daughter of Hoel Bowers 3 ms. 

Arnold, son of Seth Wetmore (drovraed) 10^ 

Edmund P. son of Daniel Merwin 19 

1832 

Ursula, child of Jonathan Arnold 2 Wks. 

Daniel Burr 40 

Aurelius, son of Zabud Bailey 10 ms. 

Jared Shaler, child of Simon Hazelton 8 ms. 

Jonathan Huntington 91 

Shaler Hubbard 83 

Julia, wife of Didymus Johnson 32 

Hannah, vrife of Dea. David Hubbard 75 

George Spencer 49 

Aurelia E. child of Joseph S. Hubbard 6 ms. 

Tamzon, wife of Daniel Smith 75 

Daniel Smith 75 

Jerusha A, infant of George Cone 3 Wks. 

Darius Hervey, infant of Darius Dickinson 5 ms. 

Cynthia, child of Hezekiah Scovil 8 

Mary, wife of Eliakim Bailey 73 

Ealph, child of Arnold H. Hayden 3 ms. 

Lucy W,, wife of Ezekiel S. Clark 30 

Clarissa, daughter of Chatfield Eussel 13|- 

EUas Ely 62 

Infant son of Dudley Clarke 2 Ds. 

James Porter, child of James Brainerd 2 

Esther, vvife of Simeon Hubbard 51 
Henry Catlin, child of Nathan T. Dickinson 14 ms. 

Didymus Johnson 65 

Esther, wife of Stephen Smith [See 1833] 80 

Hetta A,, daughter of John Crawford 16 

John H son of John Crawford 1^ 

343 





29. 


June 23. 


Aug. 


5. 
14. 


Sept. 


5. 
10. 




18. 




26. 


Oct. 


14. 


Nov. 


7. 




22. 




24. 


Dee. 


1. 




16. 


Jan. 


6. 




9. 


Feb. 


7. 


Mar. 


1. 




2. 




10. 




13. 




16. 




19. 




23. 




30. 




31. 


Apr. 


5. 
2L 


May 


11. 

22. 


June 10. 


July 


18. 
19. 




25. 


Aug. 
Sept, 
Oct. 


4. 

,24. 

1. 


Nov. 


8. 




11. 




26. 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

1833 

Age 

Ursula, child of Jonathan Arnold 2 

Susan, daughter of Hezekiah Brainerd 14 ms. 

Infant son of Ira H. Payne 3 Wks. 

Maxanilla, daughter of Nathan Tyler 27 

John Scovil 76 

Abbey, daughter of William Brainerd 38 
Nathaniel Bailey (killed by a falling limb). 

Sally Maria, child of William Emmons 9 Wks. 

George W., child of Howel Bowers 4 ms. 

Female infant of Daniel P. Lane 5 Wks. 

Infant son of Alvan Bailey 18 Ds. 

Benjamin Burr 86 

Elizabeth Ann, wife of John May 33 

William Burr 40 

Ezra Bay 43 

John Burr (ran over by a cart wheel & killed) 53 

Elizabeth, daughter of John C. Russel 14 

John, son of David Church 4 
Male infant of Asa Burr 2 or 3 Wks. 

Susan S. child of James Brainerd 2 

Marilla, daughter of Elihu Spencer 3 ms. 

Jemima, daughter of Israel Thomas 21 

Maria Brainerd, daughter of Elisha Clark 9^ 

Elijah, son of Ezra Brainerd deceased 21^ 

William Henry, son of Timothy Shaler 27 

Nathaniel Burr 2d 54 

Minerva, daughter of Orren Pardee 1 f 

Orren Pardee 33 

Nov. 8. Esther, wife of Stephen Smith 80 

— Andrew C, child of Alexander C. Hall 2 
20. Wells Shaler 47 

Dee. 8. Elizabeth [Bethia], wife of Samuel Tyler 36 

13. EUhu [Elias] Bates 60 

1834 

Jan. 2. Mehetabal, wife of Peter Ray 87 

8. Leander, child of Heber Brainerd 2d 4 
Feb. 2. Peter Ray. 

12. Elisha White Jun. 24 

14. [?] Mary, widow of Augustus Lewis 82 

— Israel Smith 71 
Mar. 6. Sarah, 2d vpife of James Sutliff 68 

17. Susannah, widow of Obadiah Dickinson 79 

24. Noah Clark 42 

Apr. 8. Daniel, child of Dudley Clarke 8 ms. 

16. Stephen Smith 85 

344: 



Jan. 


6. 




9. 


Feb. 


6. 




8. 




15. 




2L 




28. 


Mar. 


4. 




8. 




10. 




16. 


Apr. 


6. 
16. 


May 


3. 

4. 


June 


7. 




10. 


July 


13. 


Aug. 


10. 
26. 


Sept. 


8. 
14. 




19. 




27. 


Oct. 


5. 




10. 




12. 



DEATHS 

Age 

May 3. John Smith 79 

6. David Smith 66 

— Haus Higgins 82 
12 [Mar. 13?]. Hezekiah, child of George S. 

Brainerd 6 ms. 

— Betsey, wife of Alvan Brainerd 44 

— Emory Hubbard 23 or 24 

17. Oliver Brainerd 76 
31. EUsha White 73 

June 2. Orret Lovisha, child of Edwin A. Smith 4 

9. Jonathan Burr 52 

30. Diodate Shaler 42 

July 3. Livinia E. child of James Clarke Jun. 10 ms. 

12. Sarah Elizabeth, child of Alvan Brainerd 3 

14. Mehetabal, widow of Zechariah Brainerd 89 

22. Male child of Ebenezer Wilcox 3 Wks. 

— Gustavus, child of Hezekiah Child 14 ms. 

25. Charlotte Ann, daughter of Ezekiel Shaler 22 
Sept. 3. Mary, wife of Joseph Burr 83 

8. Henry Marwin, son of Zabud Bailey 19 

10. Hervey Eldridge, son of Hervey Brainerd 4 

18. Harriet Brainerd (from Moromos) 35 
22. Hannah, widow of Amos Bailey. 

Oct. 3. Julia, daughter of David Dickinson 23 

Nov. — Ad so a Bristol 58 

7. Jonathan Smith 88 
20. Amasa Hubbard, son of Jonathan Burr 14| 

' — Sarah Ann, daughter of Dr. Ira Hutchinson 3 Ds. 

22. Damaris, wife of David Spencer 67 

26. Lucinda, widow of Haus Higgins 80 
Dec. 6. Hezekiah Shaler 87 

12. Female infant of Daniel C. Emmons 5 Wks. 

23. Molly, widow of Elihu [?] Bates 73 

1835 

Jan. 6 or 7. John Whitmore, child of Whitmore Ely 6 

8. George Flagg 35 
10. Asher Clark 69 
16. Zillah, widow of Benjamin Kelsey 70 

Feb. 12. George M., child of James Clarke Jun 4 

16. Hannah, child of Eliphalet Smith 11 ms. 

17. Zeruiah, widow of Eeuben Bailey 75 
23. Emiline, cliild of Joseph Clarke 2^ 

— Eoswell Bailey. 

Mar. 5. Charlotte Griffin, daughter of Betsey Clarke 40 

— John Cone 35 
— — Eoxanna, wife of Coleman Clarke 

Mar. 17. Josiah P. son of Coleman Clarke 10 J 

23 345 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVEESARY 

Age 

Mar. 13. John Austin, son of George S. Brainerd 7 

— Diana, wdfe of Gideon Gladwin 35 
20. A male infant of David Hill 2 Wks. 
23. Thankful, widow of Job Hubbard 90 
31. James Sutliflf 76 

Apr. 9. Thomas Church 87 

19. Luzerne Foote, son of Dudley Clarke 5 

20. Mary Cone 83 
22. Hannah, widow of John Lane 66 

— Jerusha, widow of Buel, before of 

Samuel Burr 93^ 

27. Abigail, widow of Samuel Tyler 90 

May 6. Irena [Lucy], widow of Simon Tyler [86] 80 

7. Wilson, son of Joseph S. Hubbard 11 ms. 

14. Eachel B. D. of James Treadwell (by 

small pox at N. Haven) 16^ 

— Sarah, widow of Calvin Hubbard. 

June 2. Harriet, wife of Timothy Tyler 37 

Anna, daughter of Jonathan Crook 18 
Sarah Jane, infant of Jeremy Bailey 11 ms. 

Simon Bailey of small pox 46 

Elizabetli, widow of William Brainerd 56 

Byron, child of Dudley Clarke 4^ 

Martha, wife of Stephen Tibbals Esq. 76 

Dorcas, widow of Samuel Lewis 84 

Dolly Ann, daughter of Ebenezer Brainerd 3 

Nancy, child of Diodate Smith 1 

Flora, daughter of Pelatiah Clark 20 

Fanny, wife of Hezekiah Sutliff 50 

Huldah, widow of Silas Cone 73 

Esther, wife of Alfred Brainerd 40 

Sylvester, son of Samuel Child deceased 20 

Fanny, wife of Capt. Daniel Brainerd 56 

Didymus Johnson 65 

Theodore W. son of Eussel Gladwin 3 

William, son of George Cone 2 

Susanna, wife of Stephen Dickinson 62 
Ealph Kirk, child of Arnold H. Hazelton 

[Hayden] 2 

John, son of Jonathan Arnold 4 

Margaret, wdfe of Giles Brainerd 69 

Jeremiah Brown 35 

Gideon Brainerd 80 

Elihu Spencer 42 
Ezra, infant of GriflSth Jones 9 ms. 

Lavinia, wife of Gideon Brainerd 27 



346 





15. 


July 


2. 
4. 




7. 




10. 


Aug. 


9. 

28. 


Sept. 


1. 
3. 




15. 




18. 


Oct. 


1. 




5. 




17. 




19. 




20. 


Nov. 


7. 




11. 


Dec. 


13. 




16. 




18. 




19. 



DEATHS 

1836 

Age 

Jan. 20. Jennet, wife of David B. Ventres 39 

— Leander, child of Heber Braiuerd 2d 4 
Mercy, wife of Jabez Bailey. 

Eoxanna Eedfield, wife of Hiram Brooks 29 

Lydia, wife of Walker Knowles 77 

Cynthia, wife of Bela Burr 35 

Hannah, wife of Nathaniel Burr 64 

Maria, wife of Ebenezer Wilcox 30 

Eunice, daughter of Joseph Spencer 24 

Louisa Josephine, child of Atwood Spencer 2 

John Knowles 73 

Jedidah, daughter of Simon Hazelton 44 
Daniel, son of Daniel Brainerd at JMendon, 

N. Carolina 27 

Sylvester Ezra, son of Sylvester Brainerd 21 

Sarah Jane, child of Heman Tyler 1-^ 

Adah Jane, daughter of Enos Bailey 5 

EHphalet Smith 37 
Mercy B, child of Jesse Smith 3 ms. 

Jane Augusta, child of Eussel B. Skinner 2^ 

Nathaniel Burr 8i 

Nancy, wife of Diodate Smith 23 

Hannah Lane 39 
Prudence, widow of Abram Simons, (Indian) abt. 80 

Phinehas B, son of Linus Brainerd 17 

Daniel Merwin 57 

Daniel Spencer 84, 

Dea. David Hubbard 87 

Clarissa, wife of William Cone 49 

Eichard Skinner 2d 48 

Mary Olmsted, widow of Wm. Spencer 73 

Esther, widow of Cornelius Higgius 85 



1837 

Jan. 6. Lydia, wife of Jonathan Burr, sen. 77 

13. Stephen Burr 53 

17. Sarah M, daughter of Nathaniel Hull 20 

Feb. 25. Lovisa Bates. 

27. Jesse Smith 38 
Mar. 1. Jonathan A, son of Joseph S. Hubbard 10 ms. 

5. Margaret, wife of Joseph Brainerd 48 

21. Stephen, infant of Enos Smith 4 Wks. 

22. James K. Child 73 

28. Ann E, child of Bailey Marble 5 Wks, 

347 





31. 


Feb. 


7. 


Mar. 


9. 




oo 




31." 


Apr. 


5. 

10. 


May 


14. 

24. 


June 


5. 




9. 


July 


11. 

28. 




30. 


Aug. 
Sept. 


9. 

4. 




30. 


Oct. 


18. 




19. 




29. 


Nov. 


9. 




24. 


Dee. 


1. 




24. 




27. 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSAEY 

Age 

Mar. 30. Fanny E, child of Nathan Smith 13 ms. 

29. Huldah, wife of Joseph Burr 53 

31. Charlotte, wife of Timothy Jackson (nigra) 50 



Eecord Icept hy the Bev. David D. Field. 

Arnold Eay 44 

Eliezer Bailey 67 

Esther Simons (Indian woman, burnt to death) 35 

Willard Gladwin 54 

Hannah, widow of Capt. Daniel Ventres 89 

Jonathan Brainerd 85 

Hannah Francis, child of Dea. Russel Shailer 4 ms, 

Hannah, wife of James Brooks 53 

Mary Eveline, wife of Chauncey Crook 22 

Davis, son of Lyman Burr 8 

Hannah Eliza d. of Isaac Loomis 7 ms. 

Female infant of Aaron L. Ayres 3 Ws. 
Robert Williams, child of David B. Cooke. 

Amelia Ann, child of Allen Way (nigra) 3 Wks. 

Hannah, d. of John Lane deceased 39 

James Spencer 50 

Huldah, vddow of Linus Brainerd 45 

Joseph Dickinson 73 

Sarah Ann, daughter of Simon Hazelton 13 

William Lester, child of Lester Arnold 3^ 

Whitney Scovil 24 

— Samuel, son of Ira H. Payne (drowned) 9^ 

24. DoUy, widow of Eli Hubbard 59 



1838 

Jan. 1. Abigail, widow of Abraham Brooks 79 

2. A female infant of Sylvanus Brooks 10 D. 

11. Elijah Williams 45 

Feb. 13. Heman, son of Heman Clarke 7 

18. James Brooks 2d 54 

20. Stephen Tibballs Esq. 79 

22. John Ogden Hubbard 25 

— A child of Alvan Bailey. 

Mar. 3. Lydia, wife of Ephraim Crook 77 

— Amna Burr, daughter of the late Jona- 

than Burr 20 

— — Orpha Burr daughter of the late Jonathan Burr 5 
16. Daniel Chapman, son of the late Daniel 

Chapman Knowles 7 

Apr. 6. WiUiam Ely 85 

348 



Apr. 


13. 




17. 


May 13. 
June 21. 


July 


6. 

8. 


Aug. 


1. 
16. 




20. 




29. 


Sept. 


,16. 




23. 


Oct. 


3. 




14. 




25. 


Nov. 


18. 


Dec. 


1. 




2. 




23. 



DEATHS 

Age 

Apr. 30. Lucy Ann, child of Geo. S. Brainerd 5 ms. 

May 1 or 2. Louisa, wife of Theodore Dwight Hayes 33 

4. Eebecca Walkley 69 

16. Abigail Bailey 18 

17. Ansel Warner 37 
19. George Burr 50 
28. Bathsheba, daughter of David Dickinson 20 

June 7. A male infant of Asher Burr 3 D. 

July 1. Lucina, wife of Stephen Johnson 42 

12. Nathan Smith 44 

31. Prudence, child of Nathan Dickinson 1^ m. 

Aug. 26. Firman Eldridge, child of Evelin Hubbard 3 
Sept. 5. Orreu Kay, son of late Ezra Eay, drowned 

in Connecticut river 17 
16. Susan Parmer, child of Enos Smith 4 
16 or 17. Sarah Sutliff 84 
19. Cynthia Ann Niles, daughter of Ww. Mar- 
garet Niles 19 
30. Damon Andrews 36 
Oct. 1. Laura Lovisa, child of Hezekiah Scovil 3 
2. Susannah, child of Chauncey Whitmore 6 W. 

18. Mary, widow of Daniel Smith (Nigra) 50 

19. Cornelius Brainerd 77 

30. Aaron Skinner 72 

31. Eliakim Bailey 81 
Nov. 5. Edward, child of Aaron Skinner 19 ms. 

7. Oliver Smith, child of Alfred Brainerd 3 

19. Levi Burr (at Cincinnati) 22 

19. John W., child of Whitmore Ely 3 

Dec. 25. Chauncey, child of Chauncey Dickinson 5 

26. Arsula, wife of Jonathan Arnold 34 

14. Lauraette, child of Levi Eay 3^ 

— Eemale infant of Gideon Bailey 2 H. 



1839 

Jan. 14. Daniel, infant of Eliezer Bailey 9 ms. 

20. Elizabeth Brainerd 77 
Feb. 4. Catharine Cordelia, infant of Abner B. Hinckley 7 ms. 

16. Elizabeth, widow of Benjamin Burr 89 ^ 

21. Julia, child of John Crook 2 
24. Jonathan Clarke 63 
27. Aurelia Isadore, child of Arza Dickinson 3 

Mar. 1. Joseph Scovil Esq. 81{^ 

9. Martin Luther, child of Isaac Loomis 4 Wks. 

20. Noah Smith 53 

24. Orlando, child of Joseph C. Hubbard 11 ms. 

27. Ehoda, child of Ww. Emiline Andrews 2| 

349 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Acre 

Apr. 2. Male infant of Russcl Bailey 6 W. 

May 2. Philo I. son of Joseph Rice Shailer (drowned) 17 

7. Wm. Perry (Niger) ;;<) 

— Male-infant of Alvan Bailey 1 d. 

25. Joseph Burr 9(J 
June 8. Eliza L. wife of Eliezer Bailey 34 
Aug. 1. David Church (drowned) 46 

12. Dea. James Walkley 66^ 

26. Joseph Dudley 63 
Sept. 7. Laura, wife of Benjamin Bailey 41 

8. Wells Scovil 26 \^ 
30. Huldah, wife of Bezaliel Shailer 70 

Jarod Burr, murdered in Chester 24 

Oct. G. Giles Brainerd 41 j^ 

IS. Female infant of Waterman Rich 2 ds. 

Nov, 5. William Brainerd 33 |^„- 

— Lavina, wife of Didymus Johnson 38 
17. Desire, widow of Eiizur Spencer 81 

— Ann Eliza, infant of Nathan D. Burr 3 W. 
Dee. 19. Male infant of Gideon Bailey 2 or 3 d. 

26. Jonathan Usher Esq. 69 



1840 

Betsey Scovil, D. of Hez. Scovil Esq. 22 

Huldah Maria, wife of Jehoshaphat Gladwin 39 

Whitmore Ely 36 

Albert Ely 27 

Capt. Ansel Brainerd 76 

Lovisa Tincker 72 

Esther Maria, child of Joseph Treat 2 

Benjamin, child of Daniel Smith 17 ms. 

Christopher Bailev 84 

Sarah, relict of Joseph Clark 83 

Harriet, infant of Albert Clark 7 ms, 

Ira Shaler 77 

Drusilla, widow of Ezra Ruttee 68 

Whitney Tyler, child of Ww. Elizabeth Scovil 2ilj 

Julia Cone, D. of Jonathan Cone 34 

Esther, D, of Sylvester Scovil 21 

Male child of Arza Dickinson, a trin, (the 

other two children also males, stillborn) 1 D, 

Isaac Buel 25 

Nehemiah Tyler Slf^- 

Martha, wife of Richard Skinner 70 

Currence Maria Johnson 18 

Mary Brainerd, relict of Charles Brainerd 82 

Jemima, relict of Samuel Bailey 71 

350 



Jan. 


16. 


Feb. 


19. 




29, 


Mar. 


7. 




13. 




27. 




31. 


Apr. 


16. 
18. 


May 


1. 




2 




10. 




22. 


June 


1. 




11. 




18. 


Aug, 
Sept. 


11. 

4. 
23, 




27. 


Oct, 


1, 




18, 



DEATHS 

Age 

Oct. 26. Jenisha, wife of Asahel Bonfoey • 52 

27. Anna [Amna?] D. of Dan Lane 1^ 

Xov. 6. Hezekiah Brainerd 21 

11. Comfort C. Kelsey 22 

15. Dolly Flagg, relict of George Flagg 37 

16. Jedidah Hazelton, widow of Simon Hazelton 76 
24. Lydia, wife of Dan Lane 33 
30. James Burr 61 

Dec. 8. Benjamin Kelsey Skinner 24 J 

20. DeUa Turner 17j^j 

1841 

Feb. 4. Philena, wife of Joseph S. Hubbard, pre- 
viously widow of Sylvester Johnson 39 
Nelson I. Burnham, infant of Harriet D. Eay 3 ms. 
Female child of Lucinda Brainerd 3 Wks. 
Jane Maria, infant of James Mcintosh 4 Wks. 
Eliphalet Smith, infant of Felix Miner Spencer 7 ms. 
Lydia, Avidow of Benjamin Sherman 65 
John Dickinson 66 
Nathan Hervey Tibballs 30 
Female infant of William Emmons 10 or 12 Ds. 
Ann P., widow of Aaron Clarke of Whites- 
town, for some time resident in the fam- 
ily of her son-in-law, Chauncey Child 83 
Bezaliel Shaler 68 
David C. Hubbard 56-/^ 
Huldah, widow of Gideon Cooke of East- 
Haddam, for years resident with chil- 
dren here 87 
James Brooks at Southington 74 
Ira Ely 54^ 
Eliza, daughter of Nathan Tyler 27^ 
Orren Dickinson (drowned in Mill Creek) 43 
Jared Shaler 42^ 
Esther, wife of David Burr 73 
Gen. John Brainerd SSt^y 
Julia Samantha, wife of John K. Burr 26 
William Child, son of James Dickinson 4^ 
Alma, wife of William Smith. 

Cynthia, daughter of Jeremiah Bailey 21 

Anna Sawyer 72 

Nehemiah Dickinson 56 

George Washington Dickinson 28 

Julia E., infant of John Briggs 11 Ws. 
Mercy Smith (Nigra) viddow the fifth 

time, last of Cuff Smith 90 

351 





9. 


Mar. 


17. 




21. 




24. 




25. 




28. 


Apr. 


3. 
13. 




14. 




18. 


May 


7. 
10. 




15. 




19. 




21. 


June 21. 


July 


9. 
14. 




20. 


Aug. 
Sept. 


27. 
2L 
26. 


Oct. 


7. 




8. 




19. 




25. 


Nov. 


15. 


Dec. 


4. 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Ago 

Dec. 9. Mehitabal, widow of Amos Dickinson 89 

11. Zeruiah, widow of Samuel Hubbard 77 
24. Watson Horace Bonfoey, son of Asahel 

Bonfoey at Mobile 25^ 

31. Mary, wife of Setli Wetmore 44 
30. Sarah Snow, sister of the Preceptor of the 

Academy, from Ware, Ms. 19 

1842 

Laura Ann, child of Jabesh Spencer 5f 

Richard Skinner 77 

Catharine, Avife of Samuel Ventres 67 

Hannah Edithia Williams 20 

Rachel, wife of Austin Bailey 26 

Mercy Tincker, widow of Seth Tincker 81 

Lucy Brainerd 67 

Asahel Hubbard 70 

Fanny Brainerd, wife of James Brainerd 50 ^ 

Jonathan Crook 65 

Albert Tyler, son of David Tyler 33 

Marwin Brooks, infant of Alva Bailey 9 Wks. 

Franklin, child of Heman Brooks 8 ms. 

James Thomas 89 

Abishai Smith 87^ 

Hannah M. infant of John Barry 4 ms. 

Levi David, infant of Revillo Brainerd 6 ms. 

Edmund Williams 39 

Hannah Maria, wife of Reuben Dickinson 28 
Mary Ann, only child of Ww. Prudence 

Ely, vddow of Whitmore Ely 2f 

William Whitmore, son of William Ely 2 

Anna Osborn, daughter of William Emmons 7^ 

Orren Crook 51 

Harriet Elizabeth, child of Jabez Spencer 3 

Female infant of Halsey Gladwin 2 Wks. 

Oliver, infant of Oliver P. Smith 5 Wks. 

Mary, daughter of the late Nathan Smith 17^ 

Anna, widow of Ira Shaler 74 

Male infant of Harriet Smith (Niger) 7 Wks. 

Caroline Eliza, daughter of Dudley Clarke 6 

George Smith (Niger) 55 

Sally, widow of John Burr 74 

Salena, infant of Ashbel Tyler 9 Wks. 

EUza Ann Young, wife of Asaph B. Youngs 25 

Prudence Cornelia, child of Oliver P. Smith 2^ 

Edwin Augustus, child of Asaph B. Young 2 ^ 

Samuel Tinker 71 

352 



Jan. 


20. 


Feb. 


12. 


Mar. 


5. 




15. 




19. 


Apr. 


1. 




5. 




IL 


/ 


29. 


May 


3. 




8. 




30. 


June 


1 4. 


July 


19. 




24. 


Aug. 


6. 




11. 




12. 




25. 




27. 




31. 


Sept. 


11. 




20. 




21. 




23. 


Oct. 


1. 




4. 




23. 




31. 


Nov. 


6. 




26. 


Dec. 


5. 




9. 




17. 




18. 




26. 




29. 



Jan. 


2. 




12. 




16. 


Feb. 


1. 




2. 




14. 




16. 




19. 




22. 




28. 


Mar. 


3. 




5. 




6. 




18. 




21. 




23. 


Apr. 


28. 
30. 


May 


1. 
5. 




11. 




21. 




28. 


June 11. 


July 


9. 
17. 


Aug. 


4. 
29. 


Sept. 


, 3. 

7. 




25. 


Oct. 


6. 




7. 




8. 




11. 




16. 




28. 


Nov. 


2. 




3. 




4. 




18. 




27. 


Dec. 


8. 



DEATHS 

1843 

Age 

Gurdon Walkley 58 

Caroline L. daughter of Edward Euttee 4 

Asaph Brainerd, child of Asaph B. Young 4f 

Henry Brainerd, cMld of Silas Smith 4f 

Elizabeth Bates, D. of late Elihu Bates 31 

Gideon, child of Gideon Brainerd 2^ 

Smith Hubbard 73 

Jonathan Sabin 87 

Sylvester Brainerd 64 

Lavinia Elizabeth, child of Gideon Brainerd 6 ms. 
Cornelia Ann, child of David W. Arnold 19 ms. 

Lydia, widow of James Burr 58 

Harriet E. Ventres, wife of Hubbard Ventres 26 

Maria H, child of Sidney S. Hazelton If 

Simon A, child of Do. 3ig 

Lucretia, child of Eev. George Kettell 3 + 

Fanny, widow of Samuel Child 52 

Sarah, wife of Caleb Brainerd 2d 19 

Hubert, child of Aaron L. Ayres 4 

Mary Elizabeth, child of Edwin E. Bonfoey 4 

Lydia M. wife of Hervey [Harvey] Dickinson 20 f 

Benjamin F. Banning 43 

Lucy Ann, wife of Samuel Smith 50 

A female child of Eevillo Brainerd 1 W. 

Daniel, son of Joseph N. Shaler 9 Ws. 

Josephus Shaler 38 

Caroline Amelia, child of Benj. F. Banning 3{i 

Prudence, widow of Nehemiah Tyler 76 

Nehemiah Tyler 36 

Esther, widow of Oliver Brainerd 84 
Antoinette, child of Gideon Bailey 17 ms. 

Simeon Bates 75 H 

Orpha, child of Coleman Clarke 4 J 

Dorotha, wife of Lyman Bailey 55 

Orpha Louisa, daughter of David Dickinson 28 

Perse Maria, daughter of Jacob Brainerd 19 

Elsworth Munroe, child of Ww. Adaline Blatchley 3 

Jerusha, -wife of Jeremiah Shaler 75 

Hepzibah Ann, D. of Hervey Brainerd 12 

Seth Brainerd 64 

Lydia Clarke, widow of Jonathan Clarke 70 
Daniel Smith went away, supposed to have died. 

Elizabeth Hannah, wife of Alonson Brainerd 38 
Luther Freeman, went away, supposed to 

have died, 

Shelumiel Minor 38 

Gideon Brainerd 42 

353 



HADDAM CHTJECH ANNIVERSARY 

Age 
Dec. 23. Temperance Lauretta, daughter of the late 

David C. Hubbard 24 

26. Bethiah, widow of Daniel Gladwin 92 



1844 

Jan, 16. Harriet, wife of Heman Clarke 35 

25. Asa Brainerd 73 

Feb. 5. Noadiah Cone 83 -,\ 

8. Gideon Lisk Cook, at Waverly, Pike County, Ohio 26 
15. Lydia, wife of Benjamin Smith 54^ 
19. Sereno, child of Alonson Spencer 7 

25. Orren Orilas, child of Ebenezer Sloeum 2 

26. Charles Dayton, child of Nathan D. Burr 1§ 
Harriet Deantha, wife of David Buel 20 

29. Zabra, mdow of Willard Gladwin, for- 
merly of Eussel Bailey 63 
Mar. 2. James Porter, son of James Brainerd 2d lOJ 
6. Huldah, -n-idow of Simon Smith 65 

9. Frederic Winchel, child of Atwood Thomas 1^ 
10. Henry, child of Isaac Arnold 2 

Julia, child of Jonathan Spencer 4 

13, Samuel W. child of Albert Clark 7^ 

Apr. 1. Enos, child of Hezekiah Brainerd (scalded) 1^ 

9, Martha, daughter of Sylvester Skinner 23 



Record 'kept hy Dea. George S. Brainerd, Cleric. 

Sabra Ann, daughter of Geo. & PhUetta Arnold 19 

Isaac Loomis 49 

Philetta widow of George Arnold 39 

Leura Tyler, daughter of Timothy Tyler 17 

Hannah Skinner 17 

Henry Arnold 23 

Daniel Knowles 70 
George E. Smith, son of Eliphalet Smith & 

Lucynthia Smith 15 

Jeremiah Shailer 78 

Timothy Shailer 65 

E. Marvin , a child of Deantheum Brainerd 5 

George Tyler 34 

Philliman Scovil 66 
John Buel, 

Wm, W, infant of Chauncey Clark 12 wks. 

Orin Orilus Child of Sloeum 2 
George Smith. 

354 



May 
June 


4. 

20. 


July 
Sept. 


3, 
3. 

7. 




18. 


Oct. 


23. 


Aug. 
Nov. 


24, 
10. 


Dec. 


5, 


May 
July 
Dec, 


8. 

7. 

24. 


Aug. 
Sept, 


15. 
25. 



DEATHS 
1845 







Age 


May 6. 


Jane Brainerd Skinner. 




3. 


Ursula Brainerd, daughter of Alvin Brd. 
Asahel Bonfoey. 


18 


Aug. 6. 


Capt. Jared Arnold 


71 


25. 


Mary Anne Shailer. 




27. 


Sarah Dickinson. 




Oct. 5. 


Elizabeth Clark or Betty Clark 


70 


July 28. 


Eichard Knowles 


80 


Dec. 19. 


Perez Bradford 


72 


9. 


Hannah Barry 


44 


Sept. 19. 


Child of Wm. Arnold. 




June 2. 


Mary Tyler, Wd Xeh Tyler Jr. 


30 


May 31. 


John Odber Drowned 


39 


Oct. — 


Henry a colored man Drowned 


31 



Apr. 


3. 




3. 


Oct. 


1. 




18. 


Dec. 


4. 


Xov. 


20. 


Oct. 


25. 


June 15. 


Dec. 


15. 


[July 9.] 



1846 

Heber Brainerd 76 

EUzabeth Eutty. Died in Ohio 22 

Lueynthia C. Hutchinson 30 

Eebecca Kelsey, wife of Benjn. Kelsey 53 

Huldah Clark, wife of Ezekiel S Clark 45 
Albertin Child of Ashbel Tyler 11 ms. 

Ephraim Crook 80 

Tyrus Brainerd 40 

Nehemiah Brainerd 76 
Olivia Brainerd Daughter of Ansel & Sally 

Brainerd. [18J 

1847 

Feb. 14. Edward Eutty 48 

Mar. 18. Martha Thomas wife of Halsey Thomas 32 

21. Elizabeth Skinner, wife of Selden Skinner 58 

Apr. 19. Hannah Smith wife of Wm. Smith 70 

May 19. Harlow O. Welch Child of H W & Nancy Welch 3 

Sept. 13. Caroline Skinner 20 

Oct. — [18]. [Betsey] Tyler wife of Timothy Tyler 52 

— George Emmons 17 

1848 

Feb. 7, Ellen J. Welch Child of Harlow & Nancy Welch 21 mg. 
17. John E Ventres Child of David B Ventres 

& Jedidah Ventres 3 ms. 

355 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

Age 

Mar. 28. Archalaus Tyler 68 

30. Louisa Arnold 21 

Apr. 20. Hannah Brainerd, relict of Ansel Brainerd 82 

[Sept. 20]. Wd. [Jeniva] EandaU [87] 

Nov. 18. Eliakim S. Brainerd 45 

Dec. 1. Sabra Tyler, wife of Saml. Tyler 2d 51 

8. Jared Dickinson on his way to California 27 

Oct. 1. Eunice WalMey Wife of Solomon Walkley 57 



3B6 



THE OLD MEETINa HOUSE 

The third house of worship, now known as the "Old 
Meeting-House," was dedicated October 24, 1771, con- 
tinued in use until the dedication of the fourth and 
present house of worship, November 3, 1847, and was 
taken down in March, 1861. Its dimensions were 
"sixty-five feet long and forty-five feet wide, and a 
proportionable height," with galleries on tlu'ee sides 
and two tiers of windows, but no steeple. 

The accompanying diagram is a copy, reduced in size, 
of a plan of the ground floor, prepared by Ely Warner, 
Esq., then treasurer of the Ecclesiastical Society, when 
pews were first rented in 1825. 



nmr 



55 


30 


2 


5i 


■*5 


•* 



1 


25 


21 


5 


20 


19 



58 


■»+ 


6 


39 


-U 


S 



5 


27 


17 


7 


12 


H 



J"L 



P indicates the pulpit; C, closet for the pewter, under the pulpit ; D, the 
deacons' seat; G S, "girls' stairs; " M S, "Men's stairs." 

357 



HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 

The treasurer's memoranda for 1825, and the promissory 
notes given by the contributors, indicate that the pews for that 
year were charged to or paid for by the persons named below, 
the total assessment of each pew being noted. The names of a 
few of the contributors are probably missing, inasmuch as one 
person occupying only part of a pew would sometimes pay the 
treasurer cash for the whole, and himself collect from the others, 
so that the treasurer made no account of the other names. 



1. Ely Warner, $30, 

2. WilUam Ely, 
Aaron Smith, 
Stephen Smith, 
Luther Boardman, $27. 

3. Daniel Brainerd, 
Gen. John Brainerd, 
James Clark, 
Jonathan Usher, 

Dea. James Walkley, $31. 

4. James K. Child, $42. 

5. Ansel Brainerd, Jun., 
Roswell Brainerd, $36. 

6. Dudley Clark, 
Comfort Cone, 
David Shailer, 
Selden Tyler, 
Henry Smith, 
Edward Rutty, $32, 

7. Dea, Jonathan Hunting- 

ton, $21. 

8. Joseph Scovil, $15. 

9. Nathan Tyler, 
Samuel Tyler, 
Daniel Brainerd, 
Solomon Walkley, 
Heber Brainerd, $24. 

10, Dr. Andrew F. Warner, 
George S. Brainerd, $20, 

11, Selden Huntington, $16. 

12, David Walkley, 
Ansel Smith, 
Asa Mitchel, 

Selden Skinner, $10,50, 

13, Hezekiah Scovil, 10, 

14, Richard Lord, $4.25, 

15, James Gladwin, $2, 

16, (Colored pew) paid by 
Dea. James Walkley, 



16. 



IS. 

19. 
20. 
21. 



22. 
23. 

24. 



25. 

26. 
27. 

28. 

29. 
30. 



31. 



Ely Warner, 

Daniel Brainerd, 

Elisha Clark, 

Asahel Bonfoey, 

Hazael Smith, 

Dea. David Hubbard, 

Job Hubbard, $4. 

Job Hubbard, 

David Hubbard, Jr., 

$6.50, 
James Brooks, 
John Knowles, $9, 
Ezra Kelsey, $9.50. 
Hazael Smith, $14. 
Moses Stevens, 
Stephen Tibbals, Jr., 
Jacob Brainerd, 
Anson Bristol, $9.50. 
Ebenezer Cook, $14. 
Selden Huntington, $9. 
Timothy Walkley, 
Nathaniel Hull, 
Jabez Brainerd, $14. 
Daniel Thomas, 
Cornelius Higgins, $14.50. 
John Butler, $8. 
Selden Huntington, $10. 
Charles Smith, 
Daniel Merwin, $11. 
Minister 's pew. 
Oliver Brainerd, 
Ira Shailer, 
John Hayden, $18. 
James Thomas, 
Daniel Smith, 
Nehemiah Brainerd, 
Thomas Church, 
Noah Clark, 
Gideon Brainerd, $30. 



358 



THE OLD MEETING HOUSE 



32. 
33. 

34. 
35. 

36. 
37. 
38. 
39. 



40. 



Nehemiah Dickinson, $30. 
Simon Hazleton, 
Fiske Brainerd, $10. 
Nehemiah Dickinson, $30. 
James Brainerd, 
Heman Clark, $6.75. 
Samuel Tyler, 2d, $10. 
Dea. Asa Young, $6.50. 
George E. Bailey, $9. 
Daniel Tyler, 
Timothy Tyler, 
Azra Dickinson, 
David Dickinson, $8. 
Eliphalet Smith, 
Heber Brainerd, 2d, $11. 



41. Cephas Brainerd, 
Benjamin Kelsey, $17. 

42. Jonathan Arnold, $16. 

43. Thomas Shailer, $15. 

44. Nathaniel Cook, 
George C. Arnold, $9. 

45. Daniel C. Dickinson, $10. 

Gallery Pews. 
Hurlbut Swan, $2. 
John Brainerd, $2. 
James Clark, $3.50. 
Jeptha Brainerd, $5. 
Hezekiah Brainerd, $5. 
Arnold Eay, $10.25. 
Total assessment, $717.75. 



In 1832 the contributors whose names are preserved and the 
assessments of the several pews are as follows: 

Ezekiel Spencer, $6.-^^ 
Chauncey Child, $7. 
Solomon Walkley, $3. 
John Cone, $4. 
Colored pew. 
Widows' pew, $5. 

Job Hubbard, $5. 
Asahel Bonfoey, 
Benjamin Smith, 
Enos Smith, 
Samuel Smith, $14. 
Benanuel Bonfoey, 
James C. Arnold, $4. 
John May, 
Christopher E. Hill, 
Jonathan Usher, $10. 
Theodore Child, $16. 
Hurlbut Swan, 
Confort Cone, $22. 
James Clark, 

Chauncey D. Skinner, $10. 
David Bonfoey, 
Eichard Skinner, 
James Thomas, $15. 
David Hubbard, Jr., $9. 
Daniel Brainerd, $9. 
Minister 's pew, assessed 
at $40, and paid by 

359 



1. 


Cyprian S. Brainerd, 


12. 




Nathaniel Hull, 


13. 




Noadiah Cone, $28. 


14. 


2. 


$18. 


15. 


3.' 


Dea. James Walkley, 


16. 




Gen. John Brainerd, 


17. 




Daniel Brainerd, $30. 


18. 


4. 


$30. 


19. 


5. 


Dea. Jonathan Hunting- 
ton, 
Aaron Brainerd, $25. 


20. 


6. 


Selden Tyler, 






Edward Eutty, $25. 


21. 


7. 


Gideon Brainerd, Jr., $9. 




8. 


Cephas Brainerd, 
David Walkley, 
Asa Mitchel, $8. 


22. 


9. 


Horace Smith, 


23. 




Daniel Tyler, 


24. 




Samuel Tyler, $18. 




10. 


Jared Arnold, 

Dr. Benj. H. Catlin, 


25. 




Smith Clark, $16. 


26. 


11. 


Eussel Gladding, 
David C. Hubbard, 






Selden Gladwin, $10. 


27. 


12. 


Daniel Merwin, 


28. 




Sylvester Brainerd, 2d, 


29. 




Cornelius Brainerd, 3d, 





HADDAM CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 



29. 



30. 



31. 



32. 



33. 
34. 
35. 
36. 



Gen. John Brainerd, 
Hurlbut Swan, 
Orin O. Wickham, 
Jared H. Shailer, 
Edward H. Tyler, 
David B. TreadweD, 
Henry L. Shailer, 
•William S. Tyler. 
Ely Warner, 
Darius Dickinson, 
Nathaniel Cook, $15. 
Arnold H. Hayden, 
Dr. Ira Hutchinson, 
Thomas Shailer, 
George S. Brainerd, $30. 
Alva Shailer, 
Willard Cook, 
Ansel Brainerd, Jr., $15. 
Oliver Brainerd, $6. 
Nehemiah Brainerd, $18. 
Heber Brainerd, $8. 
Stephen Dickinson, 
Ira Shailer, $5. 



37. 
38. 
39. 
40. 
41. 



42. 



43. 



44. 



45. 



Samuel Tyler, 2d, $5. 

Nehemiah Brainerd, $4. 
Eliphalet Smith, 
Ezekiel S. Clark, 
David B. Ventres, 
Davis Kelsey, $9. 
Curtis Smith, 
Dea. Asa Young, 
Willard Gladwin, $6. 
George Kelsey, 
Nathan Tyler, 
Benjamin Kelsey, 
Richard Skinner, Jr., $9. 
Edwin A. Smith, 
Deantheum H. Brainerd, 
Hiram Brooks, $10. 
Archelaus Tyler, 
John Dickinson, 
Daniel C. Dickinson, 
Charles Smith, $10. 



360 



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